At a river or reservoir gauge/14.9 mi away/2,205 ft/446 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Parks/Washington/Steptoe Butte State Park
Now. Steptoe Butte State Park is 54° and clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-northeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 38° 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 71°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 8:41 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 10 hours 56 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 PM in Steptoe Butte State Park, Washington.
Air quality
Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Rosalia (WA), 14 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 8 instruments nearest Steptoe Butte State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.5 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.9 mi away/2,205 ft/446 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SR902 Interchange Medical LakeTMEDI
Beside a road/18.1 mi away/2,441 ft/210 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Cook Farm Field DS2198
At a soil climate station/19.8 mi away/2,727 ft/76 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Citizen station DW6220DW6220
In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.4 mi away/2,552 ft/99 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/21.7 mi away/2,552 ft/99 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Spokane 17 SSW04136
At a climate reference station/28.2 mi away/2,267 ft/384 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Thornton 0.3 SEWA-WM-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/2,322 ft/329 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RosaliaRSLW1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.1 mi away/2,411 ft/240 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.