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Window Rock Airport, Arizona

Small airport in Apache County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Window Rock Airport

Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Chaco Culture National Historical Park (NM), 71 miles off.

36Good
  • Ozone36Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 50, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Window Rock Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.26in

Visibility

How far you can see at Window Rock Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
RQE
ICAO
KRQE
IATA
-
Field elevation
6,742 ft
Serves
Window Rock
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
RQE
Wind now
From 70° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
03 / 217,000 ft75 ftAsphalt34° / 214°5 mph head, on 034 mph from the right
03212,000 ftN70° 6 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Window Rock (Was P34) (RQE), Window Rock Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

49 F at 9 PM; 56 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 31 F at its coolest, 4 AM.

Now
49F
9 PM
Highest
56F
3 PM
Lowest
31F
4 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Window Rock (Was P34), temperature from 31.0 to 56.0, the latest 49.0; dew point from 29.0 to 38.0, the latest 37.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF2030405060Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 37 F, the air 63% saturated; the humidity ran from 49% at 3 PM to 100% at 3 AM.

Dew point now
37F
9 PM
Humidity now
63%
Humidity, range
49 to 100%
Relative humidity at Window Rock (Was P34), relative humidity from 49 to 100, the latest 63, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

9 mph from the east northeast at 9 PM; at its strongest 14 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 26 mph at 5 PM.

Now
9mph
from the east northeast
Strongest
14mph
5 PM
Highest gust
26mph
5 PM
Wind and Gust at Window Rock (Was P34), wind from 0 to 14, the latest 9; gust from 18 to 26, the latest 18, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Window Rock (Was P34), wind direction from 10 to 350, the latest 70, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.44 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.20 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.44inHg
9 PM
3 hours
+0.07inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.20inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Window Rock (Was P34), pressure, altimeter from 30.24 to 30.44, the latest 30.44, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.2030.3030.4030.50Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
10+mi
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Window Rock (Was P34), visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 3,300 ft at 12 PM; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
3,300ft
12 PM
Hours with a base reported
1

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Wettest hour
-
Hours with some
0

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Window Rock (Was P34): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Window Rock Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Window Rock (Was P34)RQE

At an airfield/0.5 mi away/6,739 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Piney HillQPHA3

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/8,104 ft/1,362 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Sawmill 6.6 EAZ-AP-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.0 mi away/7,097 ft/355 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

SandersSANA3

At a cooperative observer's station/32.9 mi away/5,879 ft/863 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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