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Ashland, Oregon

City in Jackson County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Ashland

Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Ashland (OR), 1 mile off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good0.5 mi
  • Ozone33Good38 ppb5.3 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 358, hazardous, Sat 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ashland

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 7 PM.

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What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ashland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Ashland 0.3 WNWOR-JC-81

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,968 ft/38 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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AshlandASHO3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/1,736 ft/194 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Medford/Jackson Co., drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.8 mi from Ashland, Oregon. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Medford/Jackson Co., height above the station to scale: a clear sky, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MFRFIG. A THE SKY OVER MEDFORD/JACKSON CO.SECTION, 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 STATIONCLEARVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMedford/Jackson Co., the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MFRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MFR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Medford/Jackson Co.: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MFRFIG. B THE AIR AT MEDFORD/JACKSON CO.THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.7 FTEMPERATURE 42.8 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 POINTTITLEMedford/Jackson Co., the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MFRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MFR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Medford/Jackson Co., north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MFRFIG. C THE WIND AT MEDFORD/JACKSON CO.PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMedford/Jackson Co., the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MFRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MFR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Medford/Jackson Co., in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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