At an airfield/12.0 mi away/1,873 ft/133 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Picacho Peak State Park, Arizona
State Park in Pinal County, ArizonaHigh Wind Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, east to southeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts 55 to 75 mph expected. For the Wind Advisory, east to southeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts 50 to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...From central Pima County eastward excluding northern Graham and Greenlee Counties. * WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, from 11 PM this evening to 5 AM MST Saturday. For the Wind Advisory, from 5 AM to 2 PM MST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages will be possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Gusty winds will blow around and damage unsecured objects. Strong and gusty winds over desert areas could result in blowing dust, briefly lowering visibility below a mile at times. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...For the High Wind Warning the strongest winds are expected on the leeward (west and northwest) sides of the mountains. Terrain gaps and east-west oriented valleys will also be susceptible to strong winds.
People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
71°
86°/51°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Light breeze 7 mph ENE
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Picacho Peak State Park until 5 AM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Picacho Peak State Park is 71° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 68° by 12 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 83°, and the coolest Saturday, near 76°. Rain is possible Saturday (33%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 31 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:16 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
38%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8651
12mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8267
31mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7664
33%
23mph
Sun
Oct 18
8163
12%
14mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8364
18%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8365
19%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7964
29%
12mph
UV 6
71°
86°51°
82°67°
76°64°
81°63°
83°64°
83°65°
79°64°
As of 8:00 PM in Picacho Peak State Park, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Picacho Peak State Park
Index 23, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Rillito (AZ), 23 miles off.
23Good
- Coarse particles (PM10)23Good-
The days ahead
Highest 96, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 16, good.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 16YesterdayOct 14
- 24TodayOct 15
- 96FriOct 16
- 44SatOct 17
- 28SunOct 18
- 33MonOct 19
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 Picacho Peak State Park
None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.01in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Picacho Peak State Park, 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
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 5.41 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1,740 ft
- County
- Pinal County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 32.6649° N
- Longitude
- 111.4220° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Picacho Peak State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW1994GW1994
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.7 mi away/1,491 ft/249 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Az Coolidge 5 WCOOA3
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.5 mi away/1,417 ft/323 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Tucson 11 W53131
At a climate reference station/33.7 mi away/2,733 ft/993 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Picacho 8 SEPICA3
At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/1,981 ft/241 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Arizona City 0.7 SAZ-PN-91
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.5 mi away/1,510 ft/230 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Arizona
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Picacho Peak State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Picachocommunity, 5 mi
- Red Rockcommunity, 8 mi
- Eloycity, 11 mi
- Arizona Citycommunity, 16 mi
- Avra Valleycommunity, 18 mi
- Nelsoncommunity, 18 mi
- Cactus Forestcommunity, 21 mi
- Chuichucommunity, 22 mi
- Coolidgecity, 22 mi
- Rillitocommunity, 23 mi
- Casa Grandecity, 25 mi
- Maranatown, 26 mi