Storm Station
Congress, Arizona
88°
Mostly clear· Feels like 85°·Light breeze 8 mph SSW
Mostly cloudy. Low around 72, with temperatures rising to around 75 overnight. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
20%Humidity
32%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Congress, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.7 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

StantonQSTA3

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.7 mi away/3,553 ft/544 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank57of 402

measured daily2 instruments

Wickenburg 7.4 NWAZ-YV-206

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.1 mi away/2,511 ft/498 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Walnut Grove near KirklandKIRA3

At a cooperative observer's station/19.9 mi away/3,840 ft/831 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Stanton, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.7 mi from Congress. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:01 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

77.0 F with a dew point of 43.2 F, 30 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Stanton: temperature 77.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.2, 30 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QSTA3FIG. B THE AIR AT STANTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 7,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.0 FTEMPERATURE 77.0 FDEW POINT 43.2 FSPREAD 33.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 30 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 POINTTITLEStanton, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP QSTA3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-QSTA3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (9 degrees) at 11 mph, gusting 13 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 13 mph.

Plan of the wind at Stanton, north up: blowing from 9 degrees, the north, at 11 miles an hour, gusting 13; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QSTA3FIG. C THE WIND AT STANTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 9°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 11 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEStanton, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP QSTA3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-QSTA3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,553 ft above sea level, 12 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.27 inHg and the temperature at 46.3 F; it reports 77.0 F, 30.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Stanton stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,553 feet above sea level with 12 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.27 inches of mercury, and temperature, 46.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QSTA3FIG. D WHERE STANTON 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 ATMOSPHERESTANTON12 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,553 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 HERE26.27 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE46.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED77.0 FTITLEStanton, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP QSTA3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-QSTA3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Stanton, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Arizona

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Near Congress

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