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Schurz, Nevada

Community in Mineral County, Nevada

Air quality

The air at Schurz

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Fallon (NV), 35 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Schurz

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Schurz, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Schurz, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

SchurzSRZNV

Beside a road/6.8 mi away/4,761 ft/621 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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HawthorneHTH

At an airfield/30.4 mi away/4,209 ft/69 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank89of 698

measured daily2 instruments

Wabuska 6SEWABN2

At a cooperative observer's station/17.7 mi away/4,346 ft/206 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Yerington 2.4 SNV-LY-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.5 mi away/4,413 ft/273 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Hawthorne, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 30.4 mi from Schurz, Nevada. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:55 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

60.8 F with a dew point of 28.4 F, 29 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hawthorne: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.4, 29 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,300 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 STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 7,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.8 FTEMPERATURE 60.8 FDEW POINT 28.4 FSPREAD 32.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 29 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

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 13 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hawthorne, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, 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 STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE 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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Nevada

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

Near Schurz

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

Near Schurz

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