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Friendship, Oklahoma

Town in Jackson County, Oklahoma

Air quality

The air at Friendship

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Lawton (OK), 43 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Highest 70, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Friendship

1.55 in in the last 24 hours, 3.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.55in
Last 3 days
3.50in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Friendship, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Altus AFBLTS

At an airfield/3.0 mi away/1,378 ft/20 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank295of 859

measured daily2 instruments

Altus 5.3 NOK-JC-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/1,452 ft/54 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank118of 859

HeadrickHEDO2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/1,368 ft/30 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Altus AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.0 mi from Friendship, Oklahoma. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 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 Altus AFB, 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 LTSFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALTUS AFBSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEAltus AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LTSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LTS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

57.4 F with a dew point of 47.3 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Altus AFB: temperature 57.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.3, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LTSFIG. B THE AIR AT ALTUS AFBTHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.0 FTEMPERATURE 57.4 FDEW POINT 47.3 FSPREAD 10.1 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 POINTTITLEAltus AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LTSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LTS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at Altus AFB, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 17 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LTSFIG. C THE WIND AT ALTUS AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAltus AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LTSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LTS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Altus AFB, 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.

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

Near Friendship

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