Citizen station GW6373GW6373
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/5,116 ft/75 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Prescott Valley until 6 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Prescott Valley is 57° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 8 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° 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 Sunday, near 71°, and the coolest Thursday, near 61°. Rain is likely Wednesday (56%) and Thursday (57%). Rain is possible tomorrow (34%), Monday (49%) and Tuesday (46%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:07 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Prescott Valley, Arizona.
Air quality
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Prescott (AZ), 3 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Prescott Valley, ArizonaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Prescott 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
Citizen station GW6373GW6373
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/5,116 ft/75 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Granite Creek Below Watson Lake Near Prescott09503300
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.4 mi away/5,020 ft/21 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/6.3 mi away/5,043 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-17 @ 277.9: Oxtail DrawAZT22
Beside a road/19.8 mi away/4,446 ft/595 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Prescott Valley 0.9 WSWAZ-YV-24
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/5,045 ft/4 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PrescottPSTA3
At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/5,522 ft/481 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 6.3 mi from Prescott Valley, Arizona. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
50.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.
From the southwest (220 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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
Measured at Prescott (PSTA3), 7.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:30. measured daily
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.