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Edgewood, Washington

City in Pierce County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Edgewood

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Tacoma-Puyallup (WA), 8 miles off.

59Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Edgewood

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Edgewood, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Edgewood, WashingtonReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Edgewood, 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 now4 instruments

TacomaNDBC-TCMW1

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.9 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,390of 1,451

PuyallupPLU

At an airfield/8.9 mi away/538 ft/145 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank864of 1,451

measured daily2 instruments

Edgewood 2.3 SSEWA-PR-61

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/411 ft/18 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Tacoma No. 1TACW1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/6 ft/387 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Citizen station KU7U, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.1 mi from Edgewood, Washington. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 353 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.54 inHg and the temperature at 57.7 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.18 inHg means its barometer reads 29.80 inHg; it reports 49.0 F, 8.7 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station KU7U stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 353 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.54 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.7 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.18 and the station pressure it means, 29.80.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KU7UFIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION KU7U 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 KU7U1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT353 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 HERE29.54 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.7 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.18 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.80 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED49.0 FTITLECitizen station KU7U, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP KU7UTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KU7U-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 34 degrees above the horizon at 47.26 N, and the day is 10 h 40 min long. Level ground there takes 55 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station KU7U, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 34 degrees above the horizon, against 66 at the June solstice, 43 at the equinoxes and 19 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 40 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KU7UFIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION KU7UELEVATION 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 66°EQUINOXES 43°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 19°OCT 16, 34°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 40 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 55 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 47.26 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station KU7U, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP KU7UTYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KU7U-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A weather instrument, 353 ft above sea level. Its latest report is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of the instrument, Citizen station KU7U, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: air temperature, 49.0 f; precipitation gauge, 0.00 in today.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KU7UFIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF THE INSTRUMENT, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITE-AIR TEMPERATURE49.0 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE0.00 IN TODAYSCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLECitizen station KU7U, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · CWOP KU7UTYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KU7U-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Citizen station KU7U, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Washington

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Near Edgewood

River and lake gauges