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Fairwood, Washington

Community in Spokane County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Fairwood

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Spokane (WA), 8 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate4.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)31Good7.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Fairwood

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Fairwood, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Fairwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Spokane 6.1 NWA-SP-57

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1,808 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank24of 1,451

Spokane WaOTX

At a cooperative observer's station/11.4 mi away/2,379 ft/564 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank160of 1,451

Station report

The weather at Spokane/Felts Field, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.3 mi from Fairwood, Washington. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 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 Spokane/Felts Field, 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 SFFFIG. A THE SKY OVER SPOKANE/FELTS FIELDSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESpokane/Felts Field, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SFFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SFF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Spokane/Felts Field: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SFFFIG. B THE AIR AT SPOKANE/FELTS FIELDTHE 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 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.0 FTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLESpokane/Felts Field, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SFFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SFF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Spokane/Felts Field, 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 SFFFIG. C THE WIND AT SPOKANE/FELTS FIELDPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESpokane/Felts Field, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SFFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SFF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Spokane Wa (OTX), 11.4 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:58. measured daily

Elsewhere in Washington

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

Near Fairwood

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

Near Fairwood

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