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Mountain City, Nevada

Community in Elko County, Nevada

Air quality

The air at Mountain City

Index 7, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Elko (NV), 70 miles off.

7Good
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 42 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 Mountain City

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Mountain City, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Mountain City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Owyhee10U

At an airfield/13.9 mi away/5,371 ft/260 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Owyhee 1.3 SSWNV-EL-33

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.8 mi away/5,402 ft/229 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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JarbidgeJRGN2

At a cooperative observer's station/27.6 mi away/6,195 ft/564 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank644of 698

Station report

The weather at North Sugarloaf, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.8 mi from Mountain City, Nevada. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:45 PM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of -0.2 F, 11 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 11,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at North Sugarloaf: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point -0.2, 11 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 11,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BURN2FIG. B THE AIR AT NORTH SUGARLOAFTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,000-20 F0 F20 F40 F60 FSATURATES 11,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT -9.7 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT -0.2 FSPREAD 53.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 11 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 POINTTITLENorth Sugarloaf, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP BURN2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BURN2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 7,008 ft above sea level, 23 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 23.08 inHg and the temperature at 34.0 F; it reports 53.0 F, 19.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where North Sugarloaf stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 7,008 feet above sea level with 23 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 23.08 inches of mercury, and temperature, 34.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BURN2FIG. D WHERE NORTH SUGARLOAF STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,00020,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERENORTH SUGARLOAF23 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT7,008 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 FT50 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 17,970 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE23.08 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE34.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED53.0 FTITLENorth Sugarloaf, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP BURN2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BURN2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 39 degrees above the horizon at 41.80 N, and the day is 10 h 54 min long. Level ground there takes 63 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at North Sugarloaf, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 39 degrees above the horizon, against 72 at the June solstice, 48 at the equinoxes and 25 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 54 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BURN2FIG. E THE SUN AT NORTH SUGARLOAFELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 72°EQUINOXES 48°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 25°OCT 16, 39°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 54 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 63 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 41.80 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLENorth Sugarloaf, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP BURN2TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BURN2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of North Sugarloaf, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Jarbidge (JRGN2), 27.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Nevada

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

Near Mountain City

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

Near Mountain City

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