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Picacho, Arizona

Community in Pinal County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Picacho

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, West Pinal (AZ), 19 miles off.

34Good
  • Ozone34Good33 ppb17.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)27Good5 mi

The days ahead

Highest 84, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Picacho

None in the last 24 hours; 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Picacho, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CoolidgeP08

At an airfield/16.2 mi away/1,553 ft/68 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 1,869

Tucson 11 W53131

At a climate reference station/38.4 mi away/2,733 ft/1,112 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank1,196of 1,869

measured daily2 instruments

Picacho 8 SEPICA3

At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/1,981 ft/360 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank764of 1,869

Station report

The weather at Coolidge, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.2 mi from Picacho, Arizona. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:00 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 Coolidge, 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 P08FIG. A THE SKY OVER COOLIDGESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECoolidge, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS P08TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P08-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 38 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Coolidge: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 38 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT P08FIG. B THE AIR AT COOLIDGETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.0 FTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 27.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 38 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 POINTTITLECoolidge, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS P08TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P08-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (50 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Coolidge, north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the 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 P08FIG. C THE WIND AT COOLIDGEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 50°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECoolidge, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS P08TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P08-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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