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Rincon Valley, Arizona

Community in Pima County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Rincon Valley

Index 43, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Tucson (AZ), 17 miles off.

43Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone43Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

Highest 56, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Rincon Valley

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rincon Valley, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rincon Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Rincon RAWSQHVA3

A remote fire weather station/12.0 mi away/8,215 ft/5,067 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank287of 1,869

measured daily2 instruments

Vail 6.9 NAZ-PM-481

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/3,172 ft/24 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Vail 7NVALA3

At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/2,980 ft/168 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Davis-Monthan AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.0 mi from Rincon Valley, Arizona. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:55 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 Davis-Monthan AFB, 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 DMAFIG. A THE SKY OVER DAVIS-MONTHAN AFBSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEDavis-Monthan AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DMATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DMA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

78.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 23 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 9,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Davis-Monthan AFB: temperature 78.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 23 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 9,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DMAFIG. B THE AIR AT DAVIS-MONTHAN AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00020 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 9,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.6 FTEMPERATURE 78.0 FDEW POINT 37.0 FSPREAD 41.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 23 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 POINTTITLEDavis-Monthan AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DMATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DMA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Davis-Monthan AFB, north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DMAFIG. C THE WIND AT DAVIS-MONTHAN AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDavis-Monthan AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DMATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DMA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Davis-Monthan AFB, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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