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Tonopah, Arizona

Community in Maricopa County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Tonopah

Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Phoenix (AZ), 50 miles off.

47Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)47Good-
  • Ozone33Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)29Good-

The days ahead

Highest 59, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Tonopah

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Tonopah, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Tonopah, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

HarquahalaAZMET-AZ23

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.0 mi away/1,143 ft/35 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,235of 1,869

BuckeyeBXK

At an airfield/15.1 mi away/1,021 ft/87 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,413of 1,869

measured daily2 instruments

Painted Rock DamPDMA3

At a dam/28.9 mi away/566 ft/542 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Buckeye, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.1 mi from Tonopah, Arizona. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Buckeye, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BXKFIG. A THE SKY OVER BUCKEYESECTION, 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: 9 MI0510TITLEBuckeye, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BXKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BXK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

80.6 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 21 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 9,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Buckeye: temperature 80.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 21 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 9,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BXKFIG. B THE AIR AT BUCKEYETHE 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 9,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.5 FTEMPERATURE 80.6 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 43.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 21 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 POINTTITLEBuckeye, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BXKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BXK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (60 degrees) at 24 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Buckeye, north up: blowing from 60 degrees, the east northeast, at 24 miles an hour, gusting 33; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BXKFIG. C THE WIND AT BUCKEYEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 60°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 33 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBuckeye, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BXKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BXK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Buckeye, 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 Tonopah

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

Near Tonopah

River and lake gauges