Temperature
77 F at 8 PM; 84 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 73 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 77F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 84F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 73F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 80° after 88° today.
Now. Phoenix Deer Valley Airport is 76° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east at 15 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 64° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 85): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 84°, and the coolest Thursday, near 75°. Rain is likely Wednesday (56%) and Thursday (52%). Rain is possible tomorrow (40%), Sunday (42%) and Tuesday (35%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 10:09 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Phoenix Deer Valley Airport, Arizona.
Air quality
Index 85, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Phoenix (AZ), 10 miles off.
Highest 78, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 5 PM, lowest 5 miles Sun 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07L / 25R | 4,500 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 86° / 266° | 14 mph head, on 07L | 6 mph from the right |
| 07R / 25L | 8,196 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 86° / 266° | 14 mph head, on 07R | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Deer Valley/Phoenix (DVT), Phoenix Deer Valley Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
77 F at 8 PM; 84 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 73 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 31 F, the air 19% saturated; the humidity ran from 18% at 4 PM to 34% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
12 mph from the east at 9 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 2 PM, with a gust of 31 mph at 1 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.19 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.18 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Deer Valley/Phoenix: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Phoenix Deer Valley Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,476 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Az Phoenix 7 SFNXA3
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.6 mi away/1,394 ft/84 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Peoria 8.8 NEAZ-MR-622
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/1,380 ft/98 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Pinnacle PeakPPKA3
At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/2,566 ft/1,088 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Pinnacle Peak (PPKA3), 13.1 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 17:04. measured daily
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.