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Oak Harbor, Washington

City in Island County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Oak Harbor

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Port Townsend (WA), 13 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Oak Harbor

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Oak Harbor, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Oak Harbor, 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 now4 instruments

Oak HarborOKH

At an airfield/3.3 mi away/193 ft/129 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Oak Harbor 2.0 WNWWA-IS-58

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/167 ft/103 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Padilla Bay FarmPBFW1

On a farm or research station/14.4 mi away/3 ft/61 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW6789, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 0.5 mi from Oak Harbor, Washington. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW6789, 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 GW6789FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW6789PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW6789, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW6789TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW6789-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 89 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.83 inHg and the temperature at 58.7 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.26 inHg means its barometer reads 30.16 inHg; it reports 55.0 F, 3.7 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW6789 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 89 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.83 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.7 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.26 and the station pressure it means, 30.16.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW6789FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW6789 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 GW67890 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT89 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 HERE29.83 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.7 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.26 inHgITS BAROMETER READS30.16 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED55.0 FTITLECitizen station GW6789, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW6789TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW6789-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 33 degrees above the horizon at 48.29 N, and the day is 10 h 37 min long. Level ground there takes 54 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW6789, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 33 degrees above the horizon, against 65 at the June solstice, 42 at the equinoxes and 18 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 37 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW6789FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW6789ELEVATION 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 65°EQUINOXES 42°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 18°OCT 16, 33°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 37 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 54 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 48.29 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW6789, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW6789TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW6789-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW6789, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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