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Joseph, Oregon

City in Wallowa County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Joseph

Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Enterprise (OR), 6 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Joseph

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. 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 Joseph, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Joseph, 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 now4 instruments

Joseph StateJSY

At an airfield/1.3 mi away/4,089 ft/122 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

JosephJOSO3

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/4,252 ft/41 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank22of 1,635

Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW6170, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 1.4 mi from Joseph, Oregon. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW6170, 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 GW6170FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW6170PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW6170, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW6170TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW6170-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,088 ft above sea level, 14 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.76 inHg and the temperature at 44.4 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.58 inHg means its barometer reads 26.32 inHg; it reports 42.0 F, 2.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW6170 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,088 feet above sea level with 14 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.76 inches of mercury, and temperature, 44.4 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.58 and the station pressure it means, 26.32.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW6170FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW6170 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW617014 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,088 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 HERE25.76 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE44.4 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.58 inHgITS BAROMETER READS26.32 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED42.0 FTITLECitizen station GW6170, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW6170TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW6170-2DRAWN 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 45.37 N, and the day is 10 h 45 min long. Level ground there takes 58 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW6170, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 36 degrees above the horizon, against 68 at the June solstice, 45 at the equinoxes and 21 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 45 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW6170FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW6170ELEVATION 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 21°OCT 16, 36°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 45 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 58 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 45.37 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW6170, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW6170TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW6170-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW6170, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Joseph (JOSO3), 0.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Oregon

25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Joseph

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

Near Joseph

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