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Blanding, Utah

City in San Juan County, Utah

Air quality

The air at Blanding

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Four Corners Area (CO), 51 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone11Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Blanding

None in the last 24 hours; 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.20in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Blanding, 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 now5 instruments

BlandingBDG

At an airfield/2.9 mi away/5,821 ft/288 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank645of 997

Alkali MesaS2138

At a soil climate station/7.2 mi away/6,445 ft/336 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank430of 997

measured daily2 instruments

Monticello No. 2MTOU1

At a cooperative observer's station/18.2 mi away/7,100 ft/991 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank331of 997

Station report

The weather at Blanding, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.9 mi from Blanding, Utah. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:35 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 Blanding, 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 BDGFIG. A THE SKY OVER BLANDINGSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBlanding, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BDGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BDG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.4 F with a dew point of 40.3 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Blanding: temperature 44.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.3, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDGFIG. B THE AIR AT BLANDINGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.3 FTEMPERATURE 44.4 FDEW POINT 40.3 FSPREAD 4.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLEBlanding, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BDGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BDG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Blanding, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDGFIG. C THE WIND AT BLANDINGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBlanding, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BDGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BDG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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