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Sunsites, Arizona

Community in Cochise County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Sunsites

Index 58, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Douglas (AZ), 39 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Coarse particles (PM10)58Moderate-

The days ahead

Highest 101, unhealthy for sensitive groups, today, led by coarse particles. An air quality alert is called for today. Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Sunsites

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Sunsites, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Sunsites, 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 now5 instruments

Willcox BenchAZMET-AZ39

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.6 mi away/4,285 ft/52 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank818of 1,869

WilcoxP33

At an airfield/21.4 mi away/4,186 ft/151 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank213of 1,869

measured daily2 instruments

Willcox 12.6 SEAZ-CH-65

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.8 mi away/4,371 ft/34 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Wilcox, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.4 mi from Sunsites, Arizona. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Wilcox, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT P33FIG. A THE SKY OVER WILCOXSECTION, 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 SHEETBKN 200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLEWilcox, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS P33TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P33-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.2 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 35 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Wilcox: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 35 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT P33FIG. B THE AIR AT WILCOXTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 200 FTTEMPERATURE 66.2 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 28.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 35 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 POINTTITLEWilcox, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS P33TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P33-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 5 mph, gusting 14 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wilcox, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 5 miles an hour, gusting 14; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT P33FIG. C THE WIND AT WILCOXPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWilcox, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS P33TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P33-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Arizona

16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Sunsites

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Sunsites

River and lake gauges