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Congress, Arizona

Community in Yavapai County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Congress

Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Prescott (AZ), 41 miles off.

38Good
  • Ozone38Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Congress

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Congress, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 5 PM, lowest 4 miles Sun 12 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Congress, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

StantonQSTA3

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.7 mi away/3,553 ft/544 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank211of 1,853

measured daily2 instruments

Wickenburg 7.4 NWAZ-YV-206

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.1 mi away/2,511 ft/498 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Walnut Grove near KirklandKIRA3

At a cooperative observer's station/19.9 mi away/3,840 ft/831 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Stanton, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.7 mi from Congress, Arizona. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:01 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 36.9 F, 33 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Stanton: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.9, 33 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QSTA3FIG. B THE AIR AT STANTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.7 FTEMPERATURE 67.0 FDEW POINT 36.9 FSPREAD 30.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 33 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 POINTTITLEStanton, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP QSTA3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-QSTA3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (153 degrees) at 3 mph, gusting 7 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 57 mph.

Plan of the wind at Stanton, north up: blowing from 153 degrees, the south southeast, at 3 miles an hour, gusting 7; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QSTA3FIG. C THE WIND AT STANTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 153°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEStanton, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP QSTA3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-QSTA3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,553 ft above sea level, 12 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.27 inHg and the temperature at 46.3 F; it reports 67.0 F, 20.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Stanton stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,553 feet above sea level with 12 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.27 inches of mercury, and temperature, 46.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QSTA3FIG. D WHERE STANTON 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 ATMOSPHERESTANTON12 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,553 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 HERE26.27 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE46.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED67.0 FTITLEStanton, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP QSTA3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-QSTA3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Arizona

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Near Congress

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Near Congress

River and lake gauges