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Clarkdale, Arizona

Town in Yavapai County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Clarkdale

Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Prescott (AZ), 21 miles off.

33Good
  • Ozone33Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Clarkdale

None in the last 24 hours; 0.13 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

How far you can see at Clarkdale, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Clarkdale, 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

CottonwoodP52

At an airfield/2.3 mi away/3,540 ft/60 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank735of 1,869

measured daily2 instruments

Clarkdale 1.5 WSWAZ-YV-126

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/3,773 ft/173 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

TuzigootTNMA3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/3,396 ft/204 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank20of 1,869

Station report

The weather at Cottonwood, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.3 mi from Clarkdale, Arizona. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Cottonwood, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT P52FIG. A THE SKY OVER COTTONWOODSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECottonwood, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS P52TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P52-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

55.4 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 54 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Cottonwood: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 54 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT P52FIG. B THE AIR AT COTTONWOODTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.7 FTEMPERATURE 55.4 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 16.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 54 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 POINTTITLECottonwood, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS P52TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P52-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 13 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cottonwood, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT P52FIG. C THE WIND AT COTTONWOODPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECottonwood, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS P52TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P52-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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