Tucson 11 W53131
At a climate reference station/2.0 mi away/2,733 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Theme parks/Arizona/Old Tucson
Old Tucson, Arizona
Theme park in Pima 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, until 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.
70°
81°/66°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 70°·Near gale 37 mph E
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Old Tucson until 5 AM tomorrow. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Old Tucson is 70° and mostly clear at 9 AM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Near gale from the east at 37 mph, gusting to 55 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 60° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is unhealthy (index 171): everyone should cut back on long or hard exertion outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 82°, and the coolest Thursday, near 76°. Rain is possible tomorrow (40%), Sunday (39%), Monday (39%), Wednesday (37%) and Thursday (36%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 30 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:10 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
171Air quality
27%Humidity
14%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
70feels70
37mph
Today
Oct 16
8166
38mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7860
40%
30mph
Sun
Oct 18
8160
39%
19mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8263
39%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
8264
21%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
8165
37%
13mph
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7662
36%
UV 6
70°
81°66°
78°60°
81°60°
82°63°
82°64°
81°65°
76°62°
As of 9:00 AM in Old Tucson, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Old Tucson
Index 171, unhealthy, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Tucson (AZ), 13 miles off.
171Unhealthy
- Fine particles (PM2.5)77Moderate8.9 mi
- Ozone32Good33 ppb10.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)171Unhealthy8.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide0Good0 ppb10.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb10.1 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm10.1 mi
The days ahead
Highest 119, unhealthy for sensitive groups, today, led by ozone. An air quality alert is called for today. Yesterday measured 45, good.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 45YesterdayOct 15
- 119TodayOct 16Alert
- 37SatOct 17
- 33SunOct 18
- 36MonOct 19
- 40TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Old Tucson
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Old Tucson, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 5 AM, lowest 7 miles Sun 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Theme park
- Kind
- Theme park
- Area
- 2,700,000 sq ft
- County
- Pima County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 32.2186° N
- Longitude
- 111.1288° W
Park map
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Old Tucson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Az Tucson 11 WSDMA3
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.8 mi away/2,740 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/5.9 mi away/2,418 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station CW2274CW2274
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/2,415 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
South Tucson 9.8 WAZ-PM-327
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/2,526 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Az Tucson 11 WSDMA3
At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/2,740 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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