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Carter, Oklahoma

Town in Beckham County, Oklahoma

Air quality

The air at Carter

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lawton (OK), 70 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-

The days ahead

Highest 60, moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Carter

None in the last 24 hours; 7.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
7.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sun 8 AM.

SatSun

On the radar over Carter, OklahomaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Carter, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

I-40 & SayreI40ST023

Beside a road/8.2 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Elk CityELK

At an airfield/15.9 mi away/1,985 ft/153 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank593of 892

measured daily2 instruments

Moravia 2NNEMRVO2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/1,693 ft/139 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank56of 892

Sayre 5.8 NWOK-BC-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.0 mi away/2,061 ft/229 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Elk City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.9 mi from Carter, Oklahoma. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:35 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 Elk City, 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 ELKFIG. A THE SKY OVER ELK CITYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEElk City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ELKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ELK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

45.7 F with a dew point of 36.3 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Elk City: temperature 45.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.3, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ELKFIG. B THE AIR AT ELK CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.2 FTEMPERATURE 45.7 FDEW POINT 36.3 FSPREAD 9.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 POINTTITLEElk City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ELKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ELK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Elk City, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 8 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 ELKFIG. C THE WIND AT ELK CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElk City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ELKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ELK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Moravia 2NNE (MRVO2), 5.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Oklahoma

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Near Carter

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Near Carter

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