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CALIFORNIA · INYO COUNTY

Darwin

36 people, 4,830 ft above sea level in Inyo County.

4,830 ftElevation, city center
36People, 2024 estimate
1 sq miLand area
Sunny 63°
Sunny now Dew point 27° · N 7 mph · high 59°
City of Darwin River Interstate 2 miles
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The Darwin plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Darwin

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 1:00 PM PST
RIGHT NOW Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport (KO26) · 1:35 PM
Sunny
63° Sunny Feels like 63° · high of 59° near 3 PM
WindN 7 mphno gusts
Humidity25%falling to 36% this afternoon
Pressure29.99 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 27° · Dry37° by Monday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Showers
Wednesday70% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAIN—none in 0 days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Inyo County
NWS Las Vegas and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 1:45 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:26 AM4:43 PM ↓
10 h 16 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
3
GOODAir quality index · coarse particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 26 to 37°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
59° 37°
0% rain — SE 4 A
SUN Nov. 15 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
61° 37°
0% rain — SSE 6 B
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
59° 32°
30% rain — SSE 9 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
52° 31°
20% rain — ESE 2 A
WED Nov. 18 Showers likely Showers likely
54° 32°
70% rain up to 0.6″ SE 12 B
THU Nov. 19 Showers likely Showers likely
49° 27°
80% rain 0.2–1.3″ SE 7 B
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
48° 28°
20% rain — SSE 5 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Darwin about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Great Basin three days ago, and over the Mojave Desert a day ago, about 450 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. Near the ground the air came from the Mojave Desert; at 10,000 feet, from the desert Southwest. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Darwin stands on

Darwin’s center stands about 4,830 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 3,690 ft to 5,640 ft, a difference of 1,950 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Maturango Peak, about 8,770 ft, 12 miles south-southeast.

The section below crosses 4 rock units mapped at the surface.

Darwin, cut in half from west to east

A section west to east, 24 miles through the town center
2,000 ft4,000 ft6,000 ft DARWIN4,830 ftPinon Peak7,640 ftDarwin Washabout 3,610 ftLow point1,540 ft ← WE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 3×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Quaternary alluvium and marine deposits

Coarse-detrital. Age: Pleistocene to Holocene, less than 2.6 million years old. About 9 mi of the line.

Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges)

Granodiorite. Age: Permian to Tertiary, 2.6 to 260 million years old. About 8 mi of the line.

Permian marine sedimentary rocks, unit 1 (Death Valley and Mojave Desert)

Sandstone, limestone. Age: Carboniferous to Triassic, 202 to 324 million years old. About 5 mi of the line.

Carboniferous marine rocks, unit 2 (SE California Carbonate Assemblage)

Limestone. Age: Carboniferous to Permian, 273 to 359 million years old. About 1 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Darwin’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Darwin reaches the desert basins of Owens Valley and Death Valley by way of Lucky Jim Wash and Darwin Wash: about 20 river miles. The desert basins of Owens Valley and Death Valley has no outlet to the sea: the water leaves only by evaporating or soaking into the ground.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Darwin≈ 20 mi · the desert basins of Owens Valley and Death Valley
FROM THE CENTER OF DARWIN ≈ 20 mi to the desert basins of Owens Valley and Death Valley Lucky Jim Wash → Darwin Wash

Often dry. About 100% of the way is mapped as streams that run only after rain or snowmelt; the water makes the whole trip in floods.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Darwin; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Darwin on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

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CALIFORNIA · INYO

Darwin

36 people, 4,830 ft above sea level in Inyo County.

4,830 ftElevation
36People
1 sq miLand
Sunny 63°
SunnyDew point 27°
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Today in Darwin

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now clear day 58° 0%
4p mostly sunny 59° 0%
7p partly cloudy night 51° 0%
10p partly cloudy night 46° 0%
1a partly cloudy night 43° 0%
4a mostly cloudy night 41° 0%
Showers
NEXT RAINWednesday · 70%
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Mon30%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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Tue20%
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Wed70%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Thu80%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Fri20%
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Darwin stands on

Darwin’s center stands about 4,830 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 3,690 ft to 5,640 ft, a difference of 1,950 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Maturango Peak, about 8,770 ft, 12 miles south-southeast.

Darwin, west to east Darwin4,830 ftPinon Peak7,640 ftDarwin Washabout 3,610 ft ← WE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 6×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center4,830 ft
Within 3 miles3,690 to 5,640 ft
Lie of the landSteep hill country (1,950 ft of relief)
High point nearbyMaturango Peak, 8,770 ft, 12 mi south-southeast
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Where the rain goes

≈ 20 mito the desert basins of Owens Valley and Death ValleyLucky Jim Wash → Darwin Wash

A raindrop that lands in Darwin reaches the desert basins of Owens Valley and Death Valley by way of Lucky Jim Wash and Darwin Wash: about 20 river miles. The desert basins of Owens Valley and Death Valley has no outlet to the sea: the water leaves only by evaporating or soaking into the ground.

Often dry. About 100% of the way is mapped as streams that run only after rain or snowmelt; the water makes the whole trip in floods.