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El Mirage, Arizona

City in Maricopa County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at El Mirage

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Phoenix (AZ), 15 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate8.2 mi
  • Ozone33Good32 ppb2.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)29Good2.6 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide19Good20 ppb13.5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide3Good2 ppb17.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm13.5 mi

The days ahead

Highest 59, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at El Mirage

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

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest El Mirage, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

GlendaleGEU

At an airfield/5.6 mi away/1,066 ft/68 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,603of 1,869

measured daily2 instruments

YoungtownYOUA3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/1,132 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Citizen station CW3810, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 3.3 mi from El Mirage, Arizona. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the northwest (323 degrees) at 7 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station CW3810, north up: blowing from 323 degrees, the northwest, at 7 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CW3810FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION CW3810PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 323°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station CW3810, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP CW3810TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CW3810-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,213 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.63 inHg and the temperature at 54.7 F; the station's altimeter setting of 28.71 inHg means its barometer reads 27.47 inHg; it reports 72.0 F, 17.3 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station CW3810 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,213 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.63 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.7 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 28.71 and the station pressure it means, 27.47.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CW3810FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION CW3810 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION CW38104 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,213 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 HERE28.63 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.7 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED28.71 inHgITS BAROMETER READS27.47 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED72.0 FTITLECitizen station CW3810, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP CW3810TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CW3810-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 47 degrees above the horizon at 33.62 N, and the day is 11 h 11 min long. Level ground there takes 73 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station CW3810, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 47 degrees above the horizon, against 80 at the June solstice, 56 at the equinoxes and 33 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 11 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CW3810FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION CW3810ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 80°EQUINOXES 56°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 33°OCT 16, 47°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 11 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 73 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 33.62 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station CW3810, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP CW3810TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CW3810-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station CW3810, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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