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Goldfield, Nevada

Community in Esmeralda County, Nevada

Air quality

The air at Goldfield

Index 36, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Bishop (CA), 68 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone31Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)36Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 44 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 Goldfield

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Goldfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Goldfield 0.9 NNV-ES-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/5,614 ft/77 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank34of 698

Foote Mineral CoSLVN2

At a cooperative observer's station/18.5 mi away/4,275 ft/1,416 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank544of 698

Station report

The weather at Tonopah Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.9 mi from Goldfield, Nevada. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:56 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 Tonopah Airport, 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 TPHFIG. A THE SKY OVER TONOPAH AIRPORTSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLETonopah Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TPHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TPH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 26.0 F, 34 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Tonopah Airport: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.0, 34 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TPHFIG. B THE AIR AT TONOPAH AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 6,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 20.3 FTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 26.0 FSPREAD 28.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 34 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 POINTTITLETonopah Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TPHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TPH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Tonopah Airport, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TPHFIG. C THE WIND AT TONOPAH AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETonopah Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TPHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TPH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Foote Mineral Co (SLVN2), 18.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Nevada

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

Near Goldfield

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

Near Goldfield

River and lake gauges