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Boulder City, Nevada

City in Clark County, Nevada

Air quality

The air at Boulder City

Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Boulder City (NV), 0 miles off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good0.3 mi
  • Ozone33Good36 ppb0.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good0.3 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.7 ppb17.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb17.9 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm17.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Boulder City

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Boulder City, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Boulder City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Boulder CityBVU

At an airfield/2.3 mi away/2,201 ft/254 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank459of 698

measured daily2 instruments

Boulder City 0.2 ENV-CK-98

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/2,380 ft/75 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Boulder City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.3 mi from Boulder City, Nevada. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM 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 Boulder City, 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 BVUFIG. A THE SKY OVER BOULDER CITYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBoulder City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BVUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 32 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Boulder City: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 32 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BVUFIG. B THE AIR AT BOULDER CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.0 FTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 30.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 32 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 POINTTITLEBoulder City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BVUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 20 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Boulder City, north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 20 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BVUFIG. C THE WIND AT BOULDER CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBoulder City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BVUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Boulder City, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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