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Fairfax, Oklahoma

Town in Osage County, Oklahoma

Air quality

The air at Fairfax

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Tulsa (OK), 50 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good22.4 mi
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb22.4 mi

The days ahead

Highest 80, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fairfax

1.40 in in the last 24 hours, 3.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.40in
Last 3 days
3.50in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fairfax, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Fairfax, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

I-35 & Billings35ST199

Beside a road/35.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Fairfax 0.2 SEOK-OS-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/855 ft/24 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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RalstonRALO2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/846 ft/33 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank72of 859

Station report

The weather at Ponca City Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.4 mi from Fairfax, Oklahoma. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 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 Ponca City Muni, 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 PNCFIG. A THE SKY OVER PONCA CITY MUNISECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPonca City Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PNCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PNC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Ponca City Muni: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PNCFIG. B THE AIR AT PONCA CITY MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.1 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEPonca City Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PNCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PNC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Ponca City Muni, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 10 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 PNCFIG. C THE WIND AT PONCA CITY MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPonca City Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PNCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PNC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Oklahoma

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

Near Fairfax

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