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Tombstone, Arizona

City in Cochise County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Tombstone

Index 142, unhealthy for sensitive groups, led by coarse particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Douglas (AZ), 33 miles off.

142Unhealthy for sensitive groups
  • Coarse particles (PM10)142Unhealthy for sensitive groups-

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 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Tombstone

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

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Tombstone, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Elgin 5 S53132

At a climate reference station/27.3 mi away/4,811 ft/283 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank1,199of 1,869

measured daily2 instruments

TombstoneTOMA3

At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/4,659 ft/131 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Tombstone 1.8 NWAZ-CH-96

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/4,309 ft/219 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Fort Huachuca/Libby, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.9 mi from Tombstone, Arizona. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:33 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Fort Huachuca/Libby, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FHUFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT HUACHUCA/LIBBYSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 2,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEFort Huachuca/Libby, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FHUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FHU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 42 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Huachuca/Libby: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 42 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FHUFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT HUACHUCA/LIBBYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE 62.6 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 23.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 42 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 POINTTITLEFort Huachuca/Libby, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FHUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FHU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (110 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fort Huachuca/Libby, north up: blowing from 110 degrees, the east southeast, 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 FHUFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT HUACHUCA/LIBBYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 110°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Huachuca/Libby, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FHUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FHU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Huachuca/Libby, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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