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Jerome, Arizona

Town in Yavapai County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Jerome

Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Prescott (AZ), 19 miles off.

36Good
  • Ozone36Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Jerome

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 3 AM. 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 Jerome, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sun 5 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Jerome, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CottonwoodP52

At an airfield/4.6 mi away/3,540 ft/1,514 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank572of 1,853

measured daily2 instruments

JeromeJRMA3

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/4,742 ft/312 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank757of 1,853

Clarkdale 1.5 WSWAZ-YV-126

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/3,773 ft/1,281 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Cottonwood, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.6 mi from Jerome, Arizona. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 4:15 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-P52-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 41 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 Cottonwood: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 41 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 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 5,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.3 FTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 30.2 FSPREAD 23.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 41 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-P52-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Cottonwood, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 5 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 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECottonwood, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS P52TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-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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