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Lukachukai, Arizona

Community in Apache County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Lukachukai

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, San Juan County (NM), 60 miles off.

26Good
  • Ozone26Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)0Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lukachukai

None in the last 24 hours; 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lukachukai, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Lukachukai, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.7 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

measured daily2 instruments

Tsaile 0.5 WNWAZ-AP-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/7,027 ft/552 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Canyon De ChellyCHNA3

At a cooperative observer's station/24.8 mi away/5,545 ft/930 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Beaver Spring Snotel, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 11.7 mi from Lukachukai, Arizona. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:00 PM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 9,200 ft above sea level, 29 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 21.22 inHg and the temperature at 26.2 F; it reports 38.5 F, 12.3 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Beaver Spring Snotel stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 9,200 feet above sea level with 29 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 21.22 inches of mercury, and temperature, 26.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BVRA3FIG. D WHERE BEAVER SPRING SNOTEL STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,00020,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBEAVER SPRING SNOTEL29 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT9,200 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 FT50 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 17,970 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE21.22 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE26.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED38.5 FTITLEBeaver Spring Snotel, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP BVRA3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVRA3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 45 degrees above the horizon at 36.33 N, and the day is 11 h 06 min long. Level ground there takes 70 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Beaver Spring Snotel, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 45 degrees above the horizon, against 77 at the June solstice, 54 at the equinoxes and 30 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 06 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BVRA3FIG. E THE SUN AT BEAVER SPRING SNOTELELEVATION 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 77°EQUINOXES 54°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 30°OCT 16, 45°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 06 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 70 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 36.33 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEBeaver Spring Snotel, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP BVRA3TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVRA3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 9,200 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:00 PM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Beaver Spring Snotel, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard oct 15, 2026, 10:00 pm local time; air temperature, 38.5 f; precipitation gauge, 0.00 in today.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BVRA3FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 15, 2026, 10:00 PM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD OCT 15, 2026, 10:00 PM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE38.5 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE0.00 IN TODAYSCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLEBeaver Spring Snotel, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP BVRA3TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVRA3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Beaver Spring Snotel, in 3 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 Lukachukai

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Lukachukai

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