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Hawthorne, Nevada

Community in Mineral County, Nevada

Air quality

The air at Hawthorne

Index 5, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Mono Lake (CA), 36 miles off.

5Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hawthorne

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Hawthorne, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Hawthorne, 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 now3 instruments

HawthorneHTH

At an airfield/1.6 mi away/4,209 ft/134 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank89of 698

Walker LakeWLKNV

Beside a road/6.4 mi away/4,104 ft/239 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily1 instrument

HawthorneHTHN2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/4,396 ft/53 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hawthorne, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.6 mi from Hawthorne, Nevada. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:35 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 Hawthorne, 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 HTHFIG. A THE SKY OVER HAWTHORNESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEHawthorne, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HTHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HTH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

55.4 F with a dew point of 28.4 F, 35 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hawthorne: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.4, 35 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTHFIG. B THE AIR AT HAWTHORNETHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 6,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 22.9 FTEMPERATURE 55.4 FDEW POINT 28.4 FSPREAD 27.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 35 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 POINTTITLEHawthorne, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HTHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HTH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Hawthorne, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTHFIG. C THE WIND AT HAWTHORNEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHawthorne, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HTHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HTH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Hawthorne (HTHN2), 0.4 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Nevada

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

Near Hawthorne

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

Near Hawthorne

River and lake gauges