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California weather instruments
20 of 2,879 instruments in California: at a damPlacesInstruments
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Weather instrument stations by state
What stands in California
Every kind of place an instrument stands at in California, and how many stand at each.
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In a volunteer observer's own ground1,521At a river or reservoir gauge594A remote fire weather station247At a cooperative observer's station218At an airfield151Beside a road38A snow pillow on a mountain35At a dam20At a fire lookout or ranger station16On a farm or research station12At a reservoir7On a college campus6In a park or preserve6At a power station3At a water treatment plant2At a school1On a military installation1At a harbour1
What the snow tracker reads here
8 instruments in California are read by 6 of the 63 mountains. Listed in the rank order of the state. Each one has its own page, and the ranking they feed is on the snow tracker.
Truckee #2 SnotelTRUC1 / 39.301, -120.184 / 6,509 ftPalisades Tahoe, Northstar, Olympic Valleyrank11of 2,879Truckee-TahoeTRK / 39.320, -120.140 / 5,899 ftNorthstarrank22of 2,879Ward Creek #3 SnotelWRDC1 / 39.136, -120.218 / 6,655 ftPalisades Tahoe, Olympic Valleyrank33of 2,879Heavenly Valley SnotelHVNC1 / 38.924, -119.916 / 8,582 ftHeavenlyrank55of 2,879Mammoth PassMAMC1 / 37.610, -119.033 / 9,416 ftMammoth Mountainrank55of 2,879Carson Pass SnotelCXSC1 / 38.693, -119.993 / 8,353 ftKirkwoodrank1111of 2,879Fallen Leaf SnotelFLFC1 / 38.934, -120.055 / 6,236 ftHeavenlyrank1111of 2,879Owens CampOWNC1 / 38.733, -120.233 / 5,499 ftKirkwoodrank1111of 2,879
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
The instruments
Ordered by name. Standing is three times the mountains forecast from an instrument plus the places that read it. It measures how much of the network depends on it, not how well it reports.By nameBy standing
Argonaut DamANUC1 / 38.354, -120.790 / 1,518 ftAuburn Dam RidgeADRC1 / 38.882, -121.045 / 1,161 ftBowman DamBODC1 / 39.454, -120.656 / 6,024 ftCamp Far West Dam (Bear River)CFWC1 / 39.050, -121.315 / 315 ftChallenge-Brownsville 4NE - New Bullards Bar DamXBWC1 / 39.396, -121.144 / 2,087 ftCherry Valley DamCHVC1 / 37.975, -119.916 / 4,715 ftrank3333of 2,879Cuyamaca Dam Alert #54 And #88CYDC1 / 32.989, -116.587 / 4,629 ftEl Capitan DamLKSC1 / 32.884, -116.816 / 552 ftExchequer DamEXQC1 / 37.585, -120.267 / 827 ftExchequer DamEXQC1 / 37.585, -120.267 / 827 ftGlendora - San Gabriel DamSNGC1 / 34.205, -117.861 / 1,360 ftHenshaw DamHENC1 / 33.237, -116.761 / 2,703 ftMartis Creek Dam E Martis Creek DamMTSC1 / 39.327, -120.113 / 5,909 ftrank3333of 2,879Mentone 4NE - Seven Oaks DamXSOC1 / 34.115, -117.087 / 2,543 ftPasadena - Big Tujunga DamBIDC1 / 34.295, -118.188 / 2,236 ftSan Fernando - Pacoima DamPOIC1 / 34.329, -118.400 / 1,533 ftSanta Barbara - Gibraltor DamGIBC1 / 34.523, -119.682 / 1,556 ftSanta Barbara - Juncal DamJUNC1 / 34.491, -119.507 / 2,216 ftSanta Maria - Twitchell DamTWIC1 / 34.988, -120.321 / 535 ftWishon DamWSHC1 / 37.007, -118.984 / 6,640 ft