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Sun City, Arizona

Community in Maricopa County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Sun City

Index 49, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Phoenix (AZ), 13 miles off.

49Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone39Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)49Good-

The days ahead

Highest 59, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Sun City

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Sun City, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sun City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

GlendaleGEU

At an airfield/6.2 mi away/1,066 ft/104 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,603of 1,869

measured daily2 instruments

Sun City 1.3 NWAZ-MR-597

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,161 ft/9 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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YoungtownYOUA3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/1,132 ft/38 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Glendale, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.2 mi from Sun City, Arizona. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:48 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Glendale, height above the station to scale: a clear sky, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GEUFIG. A THE SKY OVER GLENDALESECTION, 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 STATIONCLEARVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGlendale, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GEUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GEU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

80.6 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 24 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 9,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Glendale: temperature 80.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 24 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 9,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GEUFIG. B THE AIR AT GLENDALETHE 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 9,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.7 FTEMPERATURE 80.6 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 39.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 24 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 POINTTITLEGlendale, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GEUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GEU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Glendale, north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 14 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 GEUFIG. C THE WIND AT GLENDALEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGlendale, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GEUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GEU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Glendale, 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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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Sun City

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