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Halfway, Oregon

City in Baker County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Halfway

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Baker City (OR), 37 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Halfway

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Halfway, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Halfway, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Joseph StateJSY

At an airfield/34.0 mi away/4,089 ft/1,433 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

HalfwayHWYO3

At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/2,667 ft/11 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank881of 1,635

Richland 2.2 WNWOR-BK-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/2,533 ft/123 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Schneider Meadows Snotel, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.9 mi from Halfway, Oregon. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:00 AM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 5,400 ft above sea level, 18 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 24.53 inHg and the temperature at 39.7 F; it reports 32.0 F, 7.7 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Schneider Meadows Snotel stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 5,400 feet above sea level with 18 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 24.53 inches of mercury, and temperature, 39.7 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCHO3FIG. D WHERE SCHNEIDER MEADOWS SNOTEL STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERESCHNEIDER MEADOWS SNOTEL18 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT5,400 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE24.53 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE39.7 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED32.0 FTITLESchneider Meadows Snotel, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP SCHO3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCHO3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 36 degrees above the horizon at 45.00 N, and the day is 10 h 46 min long. Level ground there takes 59 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Schneider Meadows Snotel, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 36 degrees above the horizon, against 68 at the June solstice, 45 at the equinoxes and 22 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 46 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCHO3FIG. E THE SUN AT SCHNEIDER MEADOWS SNOTELELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 68°EQUINOXES 45°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 22°OCT 16, 36°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 46 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 59 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 45.00 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLESchneider Meadows Snotel, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP SCHO3TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCHO3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 5,400 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:00 AM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Schneider Meadows Snotel, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard oct 16, 2026, 5:00 am local time; air temperature, 32.0 f.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCHO3FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 16, 2026, 5:00 AM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD OCT 16, 2026, 5:00 AM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE32.0 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLESchneider Meadows Snotel, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP SCHO3TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCHO3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Schneider Meadows Snotel, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Halfway (HWYO3), 0.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 19:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Oregon

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