A snow pillow on a mountain/8.1 mi away/9,730 ft/2,755 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Arizona
National Monument in Coconino County, Arizona* WHAT...Northeast winds 20 to 30 mph, with gusts from 45 to 55 mph. * WHERE...Portions of Yavapai and Coconino counties, but especially downwind of higher terrain features or near the southwestern side of higher terrain features. * WHEN...Until 6 PM MST Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles, such as RVs, campers, and tractor trailers. Use extra caution. Secure loose outdoor objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
46°
61°/30°
Clear·
Feels like 38°·Fresh breeze 21 mph NE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument until 6 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument is 46° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the northeast at 21 mph, gusting to 38 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° 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 Sunday, near 59°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 54°. Rain is likely Wednesday (68%). Rain is possible Saturday (47%), Sunday (47%), Monday (41%) and Tuesday (49%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. 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.
0UV Low
31Air quality
71%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
46feels38
21mph
Today
Oct 15
6130
23mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
5839
25mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5635
47%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5939
47%
Mon
Oct 19
5940
41%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
5640
49%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
5439
68%
UV 6
46°
61°30°
58°39°
56°35°
59°39°
59°40°
56°40°
54°39°
As of 9:00 PM in Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Flagstaff (AZ), 14 miles off.
31Good
- Ozone31Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
- 45TodayOct 15
- 41FriOct 16
- 44SatOct 17
- 46SunOct 18
- 48MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
None in the last 24 hours; 0.44 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
- 0.44in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- National Monument
- Area
- 4.9 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 6,975 ft
- County
- Coconino County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 35.3710° N
- Longitude
- 111.5113° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Kendrick ParkAZT24
Beside a road/14.3 mi away/7,900 ft/925 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.5 mi away/7,331 ft/356 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/18.3 mi away/7,011 ft/36 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/6,969 ft/6 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Flagstaff 10.1 NEAZ-CN-142
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/6,706 ft/269 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 Sunset Crater Natl Mon (SCIA3), 1.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:20. measured daily
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