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Pioche, Nevada

Community in Lincoln County, Nevada

Air quality

The air at Pioche

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Great Basin National Park (NV), 75 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 40, good.

Smoke, the next 42 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 Pioche

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 Pioche, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Pioche, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

US93 CalienteCLTNV

Beside a road/19.8 mi away/4,485 ft/1,408 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/1.4 mi away/5,606 ft/287 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Cathedral Gorge State ParkCAGN2

In a park or preserve/9.6 mi away/4,774 ft/1,119 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Immigration Wash RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 15.5 mi from Pioche, Nevada. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:45 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 34.2 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Immigration Wash RAWS: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.2, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IMWN2FIG. B THE AIR AT IMMIGRATION 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.5 FTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 34.2 FSPREAD 12.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 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 POINTTITLEImmigration Wash RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP IMWN2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IMWN2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (16 degrees) at 11 mph, gusting 15 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Immigration Wash RAWS, north up: blowing from 16 degrees, the north northeast, at 11 miles an hour, gusting 15; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IMWN2FIG. C THE WIND AT IMMIGRATION WASH RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 16°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 11 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEImmigration Wash RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP IMWN2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IMWN2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 6,201 ft above sea level, 20 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 23.80 inHg and the temperature at 36.9 F; it reports 47.0 F, 10.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Immigration Wash RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 6,201 feet above sea level with 20 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 23.80 inches of mercury, and temperature, 36.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IMWN2FIG. D WHERE IMMIGRATION 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 ATMOSPHEREIMMIGRATION WASH RAWS20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT6,201 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 HERE23.80 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE36.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED47.0 FTITLEImmigration Wash RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP IMWN2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IMWN2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Immigration Wash RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Cathedral Gorge State Park (CAGN2), 9.6 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 Pioche

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

Near Pioche

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