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Vail, Arizona

Community in Pima County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Vail

Index 119, unhealthy for sensitive groups, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Tucson (AZ), 19 miles off.

119Unhealthy for sensitive groups
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate20.8 mi
  • Ozone41Good35 ppb4.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)119Unhealthy for sensitive groups18.9 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb14.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb23.7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm23.7 mi

The days ahead

Highest 119, unhealthy for sensitive groups, today, led by ozone. An air quality alert is called for today. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Vail

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Vail, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 5 PM, lowest 4 miles Sun 1 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Vail, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Tucson 11 W53131

At a climate reference station/29.5 mi away/2,733 ft/389 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank853of 1,853

measured daily2 instruments

Vail 3.4 NAZ-PM-168

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/3,117 ft/5 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Vail 7NVALA3

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/2,980 ft/142 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Davis-Monthan AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.2 mi from Vail, Arizona. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Davis-Monthan AFB, height above the station to scale: a clear sky, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DMAFIG. A THE SKY OVER DAVIS-MONTHAN AFBSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEDavis-Monthan AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DMATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DMA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.4 F with a dew point of 26.4 F, 22 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 Davis-Monthan AFB: temperature 66.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.4, 22 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 DMAFIG. B THE AIR AT DAVIS-MONTHAN AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00010 F30 F50 F70 FSATURATES 9,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 18.4 FTEMPERATURE 66.4 FDEW POINT 26.4 FSPREAD 40.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 22 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 POINTTITLEDavis-Monthan AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DMATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DMA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at Davis-Monthan AFB, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DMAFIG. C THE WIND AT DAVIS-MONTHAN AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDavis-Monthan AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DMATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DMA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Davis-Monthan AFB, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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