Citizen station GW4314GW4314
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/2,799 ft/38 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Oro Valley, Arizona
Town in Pima County, ArizonaHigh Wind Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, east to southeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts 55 to 75 mph expected. For the Wind Advisory, east to southeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts 50 to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...From central Pima County eastward excluding northern Graham and Greenlee Counties. * WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, from 11 PM this evening to 5 AM MST Saturday. For the Wind Advisory, from 5 AM to 2 PM MST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages will be possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Gusty winds will blow around and damage unsecured objects. Strong and gusty winds over desert areas could result in blowing dust, briefly lowering visibility below a mile at times. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...For the High Wind Warning the strongest winds are expected on the leeward (west and northwest) sides of the mountains. Terrain gaps and east-west oriented valleys will also be susceptible to strong winds.
People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
71°
79°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Gentle breeze 9 mph E
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Oro Valley until 5 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Oro Valley is 71° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 61° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 83°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 75°. Rain is possible tomorrow (42%), Wednesday (33%) and Thursday (37%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:50 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:09 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
25Air quality
40%Humidity
9%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7965
31mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7560
42%
25mph
Sun
Oct 18
8060
22%
14mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8363
27%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
8264
24%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
8064
33%
12mph
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7560
37%
UV 6
71°
79°65°
75°60°
80°60°
83°63°
82°64°
80°64°
75°60°
As of 1:00 AM in Oro Valley, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Oro Valley
Index 25, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Rillito (AZ), 11 miles off.
25Good
- Coarse particles (PM10)25Good-
The days ahead
Highest 96, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 24YesterdayOct 15
- 96TodayOct 16
- 44SatOct 17
- 28SunOct 18
- 33MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Oro Valley
None in the last 24 hours; 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.26in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Oro Valley, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Oro Valley, ArizonaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Oro Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank1,576of 1,869
TucsonAZMET-AZ01
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.5 mi away/2,343 ft/418 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/14.0 mi away/2,020 ft/741 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Tucson 11 W53131
At a climate reference station/16.7 mi away/2,733 ft/28 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Oro Valley 2.1 NNWAZ-PM-139
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/2,738 ft/23 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Catalina State ParkCATA3
In a park or preserve/2.8 mi away/2,707 ft/54 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Tucson - Marana, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from Oro Valley, Arizona. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
62.6 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 68 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.
The wind
From the southeast (140 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Tucson - Marana, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Arizona
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Oro Valley
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Casas Adobescommunity, 6 mi
- Catalinacommunity, 7 mi
- Flowing Wellscommunity, 9 mi
- Maranatown, 9 mi
- Saddlebrookecommunity, 10 mi
- Catalina Foothillscommunity, 10 mi
- Rillitocommunity, 10 mi
- Tucson Mountainscommunity, 11 mi
- Kleindalecommunity, 11 mi
- Summerhavencommunity, 13 mi
- Tucsoncity, 13 mi
- South Tucsoncity, 15 mi