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Alton, Utah

Town in Kane County, Utah

Air quality

The air at Alton

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Enoch (UT), 38 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 6, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Alton

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Alton, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Alton, UtahReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Alton, 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 now5 instruments

VermillionS2162

At a soil climate station/23.5 mi away/6,392 ft/699 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank530of 998

Bryce CanyonBCE

At an airfield/26.1 mi away/7,585 ft/494 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank661of 998

measured daily2 instruments

AltonALTU1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/7,103 ft/12 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank614of 998

Duck Creek Village 8.9 WUT-KN-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.4 mi away/9,010 ft/1,919 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Bryce Canyon, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.1 mi from Alton, Utah. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM 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 Bryce Canyon, 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 BCEFIG. A THE SKY OVER BRYCE CANYONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBryce Canyon, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BCETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

41.0 F with a dew point of 21.0 F, 44 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Bryce Canyon: temperature 41.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 21.0, 44 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BCEFIG. B THE AIR AT BRYCE CANYONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 4,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 17.0 FTEMPERATURE 41.0 FDEW POINT 21.0 FSPREAD 20.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 44 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 POINTTITLEBryce Canyon, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BCETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bryce Canyon, north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BCEFIG. C THE WIND AT BRYCE CANYONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBryce Canyon, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BCETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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