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Baker, Nevada

Community in White Pine County, Nevada

Air quality

The air at Baker

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Great Basin National Park (NV), 5 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 40, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Baker

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Baker, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Baker, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Baker 5 W53138

At a climate reference station/3.9 mi away/6,617 ft/1,259 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank457of 698

Baker 5WBKRN2

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.4 mi away/6,617 ft/1,259 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank93of 698

measured daily1 instrument

Nv Baker 5 WBKRN2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/6,900 ft/1,542 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Baker 5 W, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 3.9 mi from Baker, Nevada. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:00 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

43.5 F with a dew point of 28.9 F, 56 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Baker 5 W: temperature 43.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.9, 56 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 53138FIG. B THE AIR AT BAKER 5 WTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.7 FTEMPERATURE 43.5 FDEW POINT 28.9 FSPREAD 14.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 56 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 POINTTITLEBaker 5 W, the airSTATION REPORT · USCRN 53138TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-53138-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 4 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Baker 5 W, north up: at 4 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 53138FIG. C THE WIND AT BAKER 5 WPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBaker 5 W, the windSTATION REPORT · USCRN 53138TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-53138-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 6,617 ft above sea level, 22 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 23.43 inHg and the temperature at 35.4 F; it reports 43.5 F, 8.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Baker 5 W stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 6,617 feet above sea level with 22 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 23.43 inches of mercury, and temperature, 35.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 53138FIG. D WHERE BAKER 5 W STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBAKER 5 W22 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT6,617 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE23.43 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE35.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED43.5 FTITLEBaker 5 W, the columnSTATION REPORT · USCRN 53138TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-53138-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Baker 5 W, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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