California, 2025

Dense Fog in California, January 1, 2025

January 1, 2025 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

With mainly clear skies and light winds, a narrow strip of fog formed in the San Joaquin Valley between Atwater and Visalia near SR 99 around sunrise. The fog briefly reduced visibility to below a quarter mile at a few spots with visibility in Madera being reduced to an eighth of a mile for nearly an hour.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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What happened

The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.

With mainly clear skies and light winds, a narrow strip of fog formed in the San Joaquin Valley between Atwater and Visalia near SR 99 around sunrise. The fog briefly reduced visibility to below a quarter mile at a few spots with visibility in Madera being reduced to an eighth of a mile for nearly an hour. The fog completely dissipated by late morning.

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Event by event

1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, Merced-Madera-Mendota

When
January 1, 7:25 AM PST to 8:20 AM PST
Where
Merced-Madera-Mendota forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
37.056, -120.043 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Visibility of one eighth of a mile was reported in Madera.

What these are

Dense Fog
Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less, filed where it caused accidents or disruption.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1221835.