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Katherine, Arizona

Community in Mohave County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Katherine

Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Boulder City (NV), 54 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone35Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 77, moderate, Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Katherine

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Katherine, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Katherine, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Bullhead City 3.8 NEAZ-MH-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/1,088 ft/208 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Bulhead City Fire DeptBULA3

At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/591 ft/289 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Bull Head City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.0 mi from Katherine, Arizona. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:10 PM 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 Bull Head City, 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 IFPFIG. A THE SKY OVER BULL HEAD CITYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBull Head City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IFPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IFP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

77.0 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 30 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Bull Head City: temperature 77.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 30 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IFPFIG. B THE AIR AT BULL HEAD CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00020 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 7,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.6 FTEMPERATURE 77.0 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 34.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 30 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 POINTTITLEBull Head City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IFPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IFP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 46 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bull Head City, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 16 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IFPFIG. C THE WIND AT BULL HEAD CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBull Head City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IFPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IFP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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