Temperature
69 F at 7 PM; 77 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 56 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 69F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 77F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 56F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Desert Rock Airport, Nevada
Medium airport in Nye County, Nevada* WHAT...Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Southern Owens Valley, Northwest Plateau, Hualapai Mountains, Northwest Deserts, Death Valley National Park, Western Clark and Southern Nye County, Sheep Range, and Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon. * WHEN...Until 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
70°
82°/50°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Desert Rock Airport until 11 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Desert Rock Airport is 70° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 54° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 79°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 64°. Rain is likely Wednesday (51%). Rain is possible Tuesday (47%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:22 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
25%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
70feels70
15mph
Today
Oct 15
8250
23mph
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
7954
23mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7752
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
7551
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7651
12mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7153
47%
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
6447
51%
70°
82°50°
79°54°
77°52°
75°51°
76°51°
71°53°
64°47°
As of 8:00 PM in Desert Rock Airport, Nevada.
Air quality
The air at Desert Rock Airport
Index 14, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Pahrump (NV), 29 miles off.
14Good
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 10, good.
GoodModerate
- 10YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Desert Rock Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Desert Rock Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- NV65
- ICAO
- KDRA
- IATA
- DRA
- Field elevation
- 3,314 ft
- Serves
- Mercury
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DRA
- Wind now
- From 360° at 13 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 7,515 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 33° / 213° | 11 mph head, on 02 | 7 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Mercury/Desert Rock (DRA), Desert Rock Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 32 F, the air 25% saturated; the humidity ran from 20% at 3 PM to 47% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 32F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 25%
- Humidity, range
- 20 to 47%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the north at 7 PM; at its strongest 22 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 31 mph at 5 PM.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 22mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.24 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.24inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.06inHg
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
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
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
Mercury/Desert Rock: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Desert Rock Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/3,310 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mercury 3SSWMRYN2
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.7 mi away/3,284 ft/30 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mercury 3 SSW53136
At a climate reference station/0.7 mi away/3,284 ft/30 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
CharkilnS2145
At a soil climate station/21.1 mi away/6,683 ft/3,369 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Deer CreekDCRNV
Beside a road/30.9 mi away/8,218 ft/4,904 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Mercury 3 SSWMRYN2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/3,304 ft/10 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Pahrump 1.9 NNENV-NY-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/23.7 mi away/2,656 ft/658 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mercury 3 SSW (MRYN2), 0.7 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 09:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Nevada
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Battle MountaintownCarson CitycityDiamond Peakski areaElkocityElycityFalloncityGreat Basin National ParkfeatureHendersoncityIncline VillagetownLas VegascityLaughlintownLee Canyonski areaLovelockcityMount Roseski areaPahrumptownRenocityRuby MountainsfeatureSparkscitySpring MountainsfeatureTonopahtownWest WendovertownWinnemuccacity
Near Desert Rock Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Indian Springscommunity, 20 mi
- Amargosa Valleycommunity, 26 mi
- Pahrumptown, 29 mi
- Lee Canyonski area, 29 mi
- Spring Mountainsfeature, 31 mi
- Mount Charlestoncommunity, 33 mi
- Beattycommunity, 45 mi
- Summerlin Southcommunity, 52 mi
- Blue Diamondcommunity, 53 mi
- North Las Vegascity, 55 mi
- Spring Valleycommunity, 56 mi
- Las Vegascity, 58 mi
Airports near Desert Rock Airport
- Creech Air Force BaseINS, 20 mi
- Homey (Area 51) AirportKXTA, 44 mi
- North Las Vegas AirportVGT, 55 mi
- Harry Reid International AirportLAS, 61 mi
- Nellis Air Force BaseLSV, 62 mi
- Henderson Executive AirportHND, 67 mi
- Boulder City Municipal AirportBVU, 80 mi
- Mesquite Airport67L, 110 mi