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El Capitan, Arizona

Community in Gila County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at El Capitan

Index 8, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Miami (AZ), 12 miles off.

8Good
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Highest 52, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 9, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at El Capitan

None in the last 24 hours; 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at El Capitan, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest El Capitan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Globe #3GLEA3

At a cooperative observer's station/11.3 mi away/3,560 ft/1,003 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank10of 1,869

Miami 1.1 WAZ-GL-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.7 mi away/3,462 ft/1,101 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank24of 1,869

Station report

The weather at San Carlos RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 3.5 mi from El Capitan, Arizona. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:14 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 40.9 F, 36 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at San Carlos RAWS: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.9, 36 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QSCA3FIG. B THE AIR AT SAN CARLOS 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.9 FTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 40.9 FSPREAD 28.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 36 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 POINTTITLESan Carlos RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP QSCA3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-QSCA3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (39 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at San Carlos RAWS, north up: blowing from 39 degrees, the northeast, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QSCA3FIG. C THE WIND AT SAN CARLOS RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 39°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESan Carlos RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP QSCA3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-QSCA3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,442 ft above sea level, 15 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.42 inHg and the temperature at 43.2 F; it reports 69.0 F, 25.8 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where San Carlos RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,442 feet above sea level with 15 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.42 inches of mercury, and temperature, 43.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QSCA3FIG. D WHERE SAN CARLOS 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 ATMOSPHERESAN CARLOS RAWS15 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,442 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 HERE25.42 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE43.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED69.0 FTITLESan Carlos RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP QSCA3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-QSCA3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of San Carlos 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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