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Central Heights-Midland City, Arizona

Community in Gila County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Central Heights-Midland City

Index 15, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Miami (AZ), 1 mile off.

15Good
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

Highest 52, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 9, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Central Heights-Midland City

None in the last 24 hours; 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.26in

Visibility

How far you can see at Central Heights-Midland City, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Central Heights-Midland City, ArizonaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Central Heights-Midland City, 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 now3 instruments

Globe RAWSQGLA3

A remote fire weather station/6.4 mi away/4,203 ft/782 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank332of 1,869

measured daily2 instruments

Globe #3GLEA3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/3,560 ft/139 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank10of 1,869

Miami 0.9 WNWAZ-GL-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/3,492 ft/71 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Globe RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.4 mi from Central Heights-Midland City, Arizona. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:06 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 39.5 F, 42 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Globe RAWS: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.5, 42 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QGLA3FIG. B THE AIR AT GLOBE RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.6 FTEMPERATURE 63.0 FDEW POINT 39.5 FSPREAD 23.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 42 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 POINTTITLEGlobe RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP QGLA3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-QGLA3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (142 degrees) at 7 mph, gusting 9 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 15 mph.

Plan of the wind at Globe RAWS, north up: blowing from 142 degrees, the southeast, at 7 miles an hour, gusting 9; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QGLA3FIG. C THE WIND AT GLOBE RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 142°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGlobe RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP QGLA3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-QGLA3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,203 ft above sea level, 14 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.65 inHg and the temperature at 44.0 F; it reports 63.0 F, 19.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Globe RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,203 feet above sea level with 14 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.65 inches of mercury, and temperature, 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QGLA3FIG. D WHERE GLOBE RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREGLOBE RAWS14 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,203 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE25.65 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE44.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED63.0 FTITLEGlobe RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP QGLA3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-QGLA3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Globe RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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