Storm Station
Cheney, Washington
44°
Clear· Feels like 44°·Light air 2 mph WSW
Areas of frost. Mostly cloudy. Low around 36, with temperatures rising to around 38 overnight. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
34%Humidity
9%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cheney, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Turnbull Nwr RAWSTWRW1

A remote fire weather station/5.9 mi away/2,280 ft/147 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank170of 618

Spokane 17 SSW04136

At a climate reference station/6.5 mi away/2,267 ft/160 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

Fairchild AFBSKA

At an airfield/9.0 mi away/2,461 ft/34 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank30of 618

SpangleTSPAN

Beside a road/9.6 mi away/2,444 ft/17 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Cheney 1.3 NWA-SP-83

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/2,443 ft/16 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Turnbull CRNTRNW1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/2,270 ft/157 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Fairchild AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.0 mi from Cheney. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fairchild AFB, height above the station to scale: a clear sky, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SKAFIG. A THE SKY OVER FAIRCHILD AFBSECTION, 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 STATIONCLEARVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFairchild AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SKATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SKA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

40.5 F with a dew point of 32.5 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fairchild AFB: temperature 40.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.5, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SKAFIG. B THE AIR AT FAIRCHILD AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.8 FTEMPERATURE 40.5 FDEW POINT 32.5 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLEFairchild AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SKATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SKA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Fairchild AFB, 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 SKAFIG. C THE WIND AT FAIRCHILD AFBPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEFairchild AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SKATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SKA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fairchild AFB, 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 Cheney

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