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Athena, Oregon

City in Umatilla County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Athena

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Walla Walla (WA), 18 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate19.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 62, moderate, Fri 11 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Athena

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 AM.

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On the radar over Athena, OregonReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Athena, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Helix 0.2 NEOR-UM-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.3 mi away/1,755 ft/25 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Pendleton Branch Expl STNPNDO3

At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/1,490 ft/240 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Pendleton Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.8 mi from Athena, Oregon. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Pendleton Municipal, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PDTFIG. A THE SKY OVER PENDLETON MUNICIPALSECTION, 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: 7 MI0510TITLEPendleton Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PDTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PDT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 30 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Pendleton Municipal: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 30 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PDTFIG. B THE AIR AT PENDLETON MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 7,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.1 FTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 37.0 FSPREAD 33.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 30 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 POINTTITLEPendleton Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PDTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PDT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 15 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pendleton Municipal, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 15 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 PDTFIG. C THE WIND AT PENDLETON MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPendleton Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PDTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PDT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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