Storm Station
Elfrida, Arizona
86°
Mostly clear· Feels like 83°·Light air 4 mph W
Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Northeast wind 1 to 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
20%Humidity
36%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Elfrida, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Douglas Bisbee INTLDUG

At an airfield/15.6 mi away/4,150 ft/5 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Rucker Canyon RAWSQRCA3

A remote fire weather station/20.7 mi away/5,807 ft/1,662 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank144of 402

Walnut Gulch #1S2026

At a soil climate station/21.5 mi away/4,500 ft/355 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

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measured daily2 instruments

Mc NealMCNA3

At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/4,170 ft/25 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Bisbee 1.9 SAZ-CH-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.6 mi away/5,668 ft/1,523 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Rucker Canyon RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 20.7 mi from Elfrida. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:57 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 44.5 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Rucker Canyon RAWS: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.5, 63 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QRCA3FIG. B THE AIR AT RUCKER CANYON RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.7 FTEMPERATURE 57.0 FDEW POINT 44.5 FSPREAD 12.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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 POINTTITLERucker Canyon RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP QRCA3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-QRCA3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (68 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 7 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 7 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rucker Canyon RAWS, north up: blowing from 68 degrees, the east northeast, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 7; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QRCA3FIG. C THE WIND AT RUCKER CANYON RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 68°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERucker Canyon RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP QRCA3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-QRCA3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 5,807 ft above sea level, 19 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 24.15 inHg and the temperature at 38.3 F; it reports 57.0 F, 18.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Rucker Canyon RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 5,807 feet above sea level with 19 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 24.15 inches of mercury, and temperature, 38.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QRCA3FIG. D WHERE RUCKER CANYON RAWS 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 ATMOSPHERERUCKER CANYON RAWS19 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT5,807 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 HERE24.15 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE38.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED57.0 FTITLERucker Canyon RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP QRCA3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-QRCA3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

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