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Scenic, Arizona

Community in Mohave County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Scenic

Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Hurricane (UT), 48 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good3.3 mi
  • Ozone29Good35 ppb3.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-3.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 9, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Scenic

None in the last 24 hours; 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

How far you can see at Scenic, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 2 instruments nearest Scenic, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.4 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

measured daily1 instrument

Littlefield 1.2 NNWAZ-MH-37

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.4 mi away/1,865 ft/14 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Black Rock RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 14.3 mi from Scenic, Arizona. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:50 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 25.6 F, 48 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Black Rock RAWS: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 25.6, 48 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QBRA3FIG. B THE AIR AT BLACK ROCK RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 4,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.7 FTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 25.6 FSPREAD 18.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 48 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 POINTTITLEBlack Rock RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP QBRA3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-QBRA3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (83 degrees) at 19 mph, gusting 38 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Black Rock RAWS, north up: blowing from 83 degrees, the east, at 19 miles an hour, gusting 38; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QBRA3FIG. C THE WIND AT BLACK ROCK RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 83°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 19 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 38 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBlack Rock RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP QBRA3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-QBRA3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 7,205 ft above sea level, 23 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 22.91 inHg and the temperature at 33.3 F; it reports 44.0 F, 10.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Black Rock RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 7,205 feet above sea level with 23 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 22.91 inches of mercury, and temperature, 33.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QBRA3FIG. D WHERE BLACK ROCK RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,00020,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBLACK ROCK RAWS23 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT7,205 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FT50 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 17,970 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE22.91 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE33.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED44.0 FTITLEBlack Rock RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP QBRA3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-QBRA3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Black Rock RAWS, in 5 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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Near Scenic

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