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Mount Wilson, Nevada

Community in Lincoln County, Nevada

Air quality

The air at Mount Wilson

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Great Basin National Park (NV), 55 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 40, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mount Wilson

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mount Wilson, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Mount Wilson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 17.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

US93 CalienteCLTNV

Beside a road/39.9 mi away/4,485 ft/2,137 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank575of 698

measured daily2 instruments

Pioche 2.0 NNENV-LC-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.1 mi away/5,606 ft/1,016 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Spring Vly S.P.SPVN2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.7 mi away/5,863 ft/759 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Coyote Wash RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 17.5 mi from Mount Wilson, Nevada. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:42 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 31.1 F, 43 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Coyote Wash RAWS: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.1, 43 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COYN2FIG. B THE AIR AT COYOTE WASH RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 5,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.5 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 31.1 FSPREAD 21.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 43 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 POINTTITLECoyote Wash RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP COYN2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COYN2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (345 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Coyote Wash RAWS, north up: blowing from 345 degrees, the north northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COYN2FIG. C THE WIND AT COYOTE WASH RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 345°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECoyote Wash RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP COYN2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COYN2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 5,676 ft above sea level, 19 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 24.27 inHg and the temperature at 38.8 F; it reports 53.0 F, 14.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Coyote Wash RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 5,676 feet above sea level with 19 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 24.27 inches of mercury, and temperature, 38.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COYN2FIG. D WHERE COYOTE WASH RAWS 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 ATMOSPHERECOYOTE WASH RAWS19 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT5,676 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 HERE24.27 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE38.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED53.0 FTITLECoyote Wash RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP COYN2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COYN2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Coyote Wash RAWS, in 5 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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