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Cherokee, Oklahoma

City in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

Air quality

The air at Cherokee

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Woodward (OK), 51 miles off.

15Good
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Highest 70, moderate, Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cherokee

None in the last 24 hours; 0.97 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.97in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cherokee, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Cherokee, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 11.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Jet 6.0 NNEOK-AL-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.1 mi away/1,138 ft/40 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Great Salt Plains LakeGSPO2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/1,158 ft/20 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Alva Rgnl Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.5 mi from Cherokee, Oklahoma. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM 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 Alva Rgnl Airport, 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 AVKFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALVA RGNL AIRPORTSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEAlva Rgnl Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AVKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AVK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Alva Rgnl Airport: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AVKFIG. B THE AIR AT ALVA RGNL AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.4 FTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 44.6 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEAlva Rgnl Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AVKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AVK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Alva Rgnl Airport, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 12 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 AVKFIG. C THE WIND AT ALVA RGNL AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlva Rgnl Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AVKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AVK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Alva Rgnl Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Oklahoma

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

Near Cherokee

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

Near Cherokee

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