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Ridgefield, Washington

City in Clark County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Ridgefield

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Sauvie Island (OR), 9 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good3.8 mi
  • Ozone20Good23 ppb3.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb22.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb22.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm22.4 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ridgefield

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Ridgefield, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ridgefield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

WoodlandTPARA

Beside a road/4.0 mi away/66 ft/172 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank907of 1,451

measured daily2 instruments

Ridgefield 2.3 SEWA-CK-65

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/287 ft/49 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BattlegroundBGDW1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/305 ft/67 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Pearson Airpark Vancouver, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.7 mi from Ridgefield, Washington. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 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 Pearson Airpark Vancouver, 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 VUOFIG. A THE SKY OVER PEARSON AIRPARK VANCOUVERSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPearson Airpark Vancouver, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VUOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VUO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 55 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Pearson Airpark Vancouver: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 55 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VUOFIG. B THE AIR AT PEARSON AIRPARK VANCOUVERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.6 FTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 16.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 55 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 POINTTITLEPearson Airpark Vancouver, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VUOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VUO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Pearson Airpark Vancouver, 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 VUOFIG. C THE WIND AT PEARSON AIRPARK VANCOUVERPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEPearson Airpark Vancouver, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VUOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VUO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Washington

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

Near Ridgefield

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Near Ridgefield

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