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Avra Valley, Arizona

Community in Pima County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Avra Valley

Index 75, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Rillito (AZ), 10 miles off.

75Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-12.1 mi
  • Ozone-21 ppb6.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)75Moderate6.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0 ppb22.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb22.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm22.1 mi

The days ahead

Highest 96, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Avra Valley

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Avra Valley, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Avra Valley, ArizonaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Avra Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Marana 6.9 WSWAZ-PM-207

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/1,972 ft/16 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Tucson 17 NWSNMA3

At a cooperative observer's station/13.8 mi away/2,561 ft/605 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Pinal Airpark, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.3 mi from Avra Valley, Arizona. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,300 ft, broken at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pinal Airpark, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZJFIG. A THE SKY OVER PINAL AIRPARKSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 5,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPinal Airpark, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MZJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 49 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Pinal Airpark: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 49 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZJFIG. B THE AIR AT PINAL AIRPARKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 4,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 64.4 FDEW POINT 44.6 FSPREAD 19.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 49 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEPinal Airpark, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MZJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Pinal Airpark, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZJFIG. C THE WIND AT PINAL AIRPARKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPinal Airpark, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MZJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Pinal Airpark, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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