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Palominas, Arizona

Community in Cochise County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Palominas

Index 446, hazardous, led by coarse particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Douglas (AZ), 28 miles off.

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  • Coarse particles (PM10)446Hazardous-

The days ahead

Highest 101, unhealthy for sensitive groups, today, led by coarse particles. An air quality alert is called for today. Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Palominas

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 Palominas, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Palominas, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Elgin 5 S53132

At a climate reference station/26.6 mi away/4,811 ft/586 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank1,199of 1,869

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Fort Huachuca/Libby, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.4 mi from Palominas, Arizona. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,900 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Fort Huachuca/Libby, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FHUFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT HUACHUCA/LIBBYSECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 1,900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEFort Huachuca/Libby, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FHUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FHU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 41 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Huachuca/Libby: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 41 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FHUFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT HUACHUCA/LIBBYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE 61.0 FDEW POINT 37.0 FSPREAD 24.0 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 POINTTITLEFort Huachuca/Libby, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FHUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FHU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (100 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort Huachuca/Libby, north up: blowing from 100 degrees, the east, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FHUFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT HUACHUCA/LIBBYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 100°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Huachuca/Libby, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FHUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FHU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Huachuca/Libby, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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