Storm Station
Indian Wells, Arizona
71°
Mostly clear· Feels like 71°·Light breeze 7 mph S
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Southeast wind around 6 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
31%Humidity
25%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Indian Wells, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 16.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

HopiQHIA3

At a river or reservoir gauge/28.2 mi away/6,207 ft/159 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank23of 402

I-40 @ Painted Desert NP HQAZT13

Beside a road/30.6 mi away/5,738 ft/310 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank217of 402

measured daily2 instruments

Winslow 26.1 NEAZ-NV-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.4 mi away/5,774 ft/274 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Painted Desert NpPAIA3

At a cooperative observer's station/30.3 mi away/5,781 ft/267 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hopi, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 28.2 mi from Indian Wells. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:13 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 37.3 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 Hopi: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.3, 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 QHIA3FIG. B THE AIR AT HOPITHE 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 FSATURATES 3,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.9 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 37.3 FSPREAD 15.7 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 POINTTITLEHopi, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP QHIA3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-QHIA3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (39 degrees) at 5 mph, gusting 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 7 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hopi, north up: blowing from 39 degrees, the northeast, at 5 miles an hour, gusting 7; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QHIA3FIG. C THE WIND AT HOPIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 39°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHopi, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP QHIA3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-QHIA3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 6,207 ft above sea level, 20 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 23.79 inHg and the temperature at 36.9 F; it reports 53.0 F, 16.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Hopi stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 6,207 feet above sea level with 20 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 23.79 inches of mercury, and temperature, 36.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QHIA3FIG. D WHERE HOPI 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 ATMOSPHEREHOPI20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT6,207 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 HERE23.79 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE36.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED53.0 FTITLEHopi, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP QHIA3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-QHIA3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Arizona

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

Near Indian Wells

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