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Mount Charleston, Nevada

Community in Clark County, Nevada

Air quality

The air at Mount Charleston

Index 13, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Pahrump (NV), 20 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-17.6 mi
  • Ozone-38 ppb17.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good17.6 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.7 ppb21.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 10, 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 Mount Charleston

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mount Charleston, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Mount Charleston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

Rainbow Canyon SnotelRACN2

A snow pillow on a mountain/0.6 mi away/7,920 ft/575 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

Kyle CanyonS2141

At a soil climate station/1.4 mi away/7,046 ft/299 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank417of 698

Deer CreekDCRNV

Beside a road/4.5 mi away/8,218 ft/873 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank667of 698

Mercury 3 SSW53136

At a climate reference station/33.0 mi away/3,284 ft/4,061 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank456of 698

measured daily2 instruments

Mt Charleston 0.3 ENV-CK-95

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/7,488 ft/143 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Indian Springs, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.9 mi from Mount Charleston, Nevada. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Indian Springs, height above the station to scale: a clear sky, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT INSFIG. A THE SKY OVER INDIAN SPRINGSSECTION, 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 STATIONCLEARVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEIndian Springs, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS INSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-INS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 32.4 F, 24 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Indian Springs: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.4, 24 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 8,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT INSFIG. B THE AIR AT INDIAN SPRINGSTHE 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 8,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 24.5 FTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 32.4 FSPREAD 38.6 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 POINTTITLEIndian Springs, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS INSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-INS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Indian Springs, north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, 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 INSFIG. C THE WIND AT INDIAN SPRINGSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEIndian Springs, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS INSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-INS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Nevada

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