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Cottonwood Heights, Utah

City in Salt Lake County, Utah

Air quality

The air at Cottonwood Heights

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Salt Lake City (UT), 12 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 50, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cottonwood Heights

None in the last 24 hours; 0.64 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.64in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cottonwood Heights, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Cottonwood Heights, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

MorganS2133

At a soil climate station/27.3 mi away/5,113 ft/328 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank527of 998

measured daily2 instruments

Cottonwood Heights 0.8 NEUT-SL-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/4,868 ft/83 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Salt Lake City - CottonwoodHOLU1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/5,075 ft/290 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Salt Lake City Muni No2, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.8 mi from Cottonwood Heights, Utah. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 AM 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 Salt Lake City Muni No2, 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 SVRFIG. A THE SKY OVER SALT LAKE CITY MUNI NO2SECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESalt Lake City Muni No2, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SVRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Salt Lake City Muni No2: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SVRFIG. B THE AIR AT SALT LAKE CITY MUNI NO2THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.8 FTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLESalt Lake City Muni No2, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SVRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Salt Lake City Muni No2, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SVRFIG. C THE WIND AT SALT LAKE CITY MUNI NO2PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESalt Lake City Muni No2, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SVRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Salt Lake City Muni No2, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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