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Amargosa Valley, Nevada

Community in Nye County, Nevada

Air quality

The air at Amargosa Valley

Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Death Valley National Park (CA), 20 miles off.

36Good
  • Ozone36Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Amargosa Valley

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Amargosa Valley, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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On the radar over Amargosa Valley, NevadaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Amargosa Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Mercury 3 SSW53136

At a climate reference station/26.5 mi away/3,284 ft/959 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank456of 698

CharkilnS2145

At a soil climate station/38.1 mi away/6,683 ft/4,358 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank472of 698

measured daily2 instruments

Mercury 3 SSWMRYN2

At a cooperative observer's station/26.4 mi away/3,304 ft/979 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Pahrump 3.1 WNWNV-NY-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/28.5 mi away/2,577 ft/252 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Mercury/Desert Rock, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.0 mi from Amargosa Valley, Nevada. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mercury/Desert Rock, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DRAFIG. A THE SKY OVER MERCURY/DESERT ROCKSECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMercury/Desert Rock, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DRATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DRA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 29.0 F, 24 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mercury/Desert Rock: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 29.0, 24 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 8,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DRAFIG. B THE AIR AT MERCURY/DESERT ROCKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00010 F30 F50 F70 FSATURATES 8,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.4 FTEMPERATURE 67.0 FDEW POINT 29.0 FSPREAD 38.0 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 POINTTITLEMercury/Desert Rock, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DRATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DRA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 35 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mercury/Desert Rock, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 35; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DRAFIG. C THE WIND AT MERCURY/DESERT ROCKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 35 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMercury/Desert Rock, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DRATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DRA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Mercury/Desert Rock, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Mercury 3 SSW (MRYN2), 26.4 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 09:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Nevada

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

Near Amargosa Valley

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

Near Amargosa Valley

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