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Paulden, Arizona

Community in Yavapai County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Paulden

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Prescott (AZ), 23 miles off.

32Good
  • Ozone32Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 179, unhealthy, Fri 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Paulden

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Paulden, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Paulden, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Paulden 1.4 NNEAZ-YV-160

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/4,464 ft/63 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Walnut CreekPALA3

At a cooperative observer's station/19.0 mi away/5,056 ft/655 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Prescott/Love Fld, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.7 mi from Paulden, Arizona. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:53 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 Prescott/Love Fld, 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 PRCFIG. A THE SKY OVER PRESCOTT/LOVE FLDSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPrescott/Love Fld, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PRCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PRC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Prescott/Love Fld: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 59 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PRCFIG. B THE AIR AT PRESCOTT/LOVE FLDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.0 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 14.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 59 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 POINTTITLEPrescott/Love Fld, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PRCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PRC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Prescott/Love Fld, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 7 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 PRCFIG. C THE WIND AT PRESCOTT/LOVE FLDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPrescott/Love Fld, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PRCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PRC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Prescott/Love Fld, in 6 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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