Storm Station
Carter Springs, Nevada
68°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 68°·Gentle breeze 12 mph SW
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
23%Humidity
64%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Carter Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Fish Springs RAWSFISN2

A remote fire weather station/5.1 mi away/5,226 ft/265 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank124of 411

Miden - TahoeMEV

At an airfield/11.5 mi away/4,729 ft/762 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Gardnerville 7.9 SENV-DG-36

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/5,499 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MindenMINN2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 mi away/4,732 ft/759 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Fish Springs RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 5.1 mi from Carter Springs. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:30 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 25.1 F, 27 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fish Springs RAWS: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 25.1, 27 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FISN2FIG. B THE AIR AT FISH SPRINGS 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 STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 7,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 18.2 FTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 25.1 FSPREAD 33.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 27 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 POINTTITLEFish Springs RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP FISN2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FISN2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (137 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fish Springs RAWS, north up: blowing from 137 degrees, the southeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FISN2FIG. C THE WIND AT FISH SPRINGS RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 137°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFish Springs RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP FISN2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FISN2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 5,226 ft above sea level, 17 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 24.69 inHg and the temperature at 40.4 F; it reports 59.0 F, 18.6 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Fish Springs RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 5,226 feet above sea level with 17 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 24.69 inches of mercury, and temperature, 40.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FISN2FIG. D WHERE FISH SPRINGS 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 ATMOSPHEREFISH SPRINGS RAWS17 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT5,226 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 HERE24.69 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE40.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED59.0 FTITLEFish Springs RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP FISN2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FISN2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Nevada

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

Near Carter Springs

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