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Conditions at the Golden Spike, and what they mean for getting around.

90°F

Wind 10 mph, gusting 11 · visibility 55.9 mi

Updated 12:22 PM PT

Open-Meteo

Getting around today

Gusts to 28 mph are forecast — expect blowing dust, slower riding, and poor visibility on open playa. Goggles and a mask.

Travel estimates in the planner are inflated by 35% to account for this — an estimate, not a measurement.

Air

US AQI

31

Dust

0μg/m³

PM10

4μg/m³

Modelled, not measured. There is no air sensor at Black Rock City in any public feed — the nearest regulatory monitor is about 85 miles away — so treat this as a forecast of dust, not a reading of it. Your own eyes beat this number. Air quality data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0).

No active alerts. Official severe-weather alerts for the playa come from the National Weather Service; nothing in this app detects dust storms.

Next 24 hours

12 PM

89°

9g

1 PM

91°

15g

2 PM

93°

14g

3 PM

93°

13g

4 PM

94°

13g

5 PM

93°

14g

6 PM

93°

12g

7 PM

90°

12g

8 PM

85°

26g

9 PM

82°

28g

10 PM

79°

16g

11 PM

77°

18g

12 AM

76°

14g

1 AM

75°

15g

2 AM

75°

13g

3 AM

73°

11g

4 AM

73°

12g

5 AM

72°

12g

6 AM

72°

13g

7 AM

72°

12g

8 AM

75°

14g

9 AM

80°

21g

10 AM

83°

20g

11 AM

85°

21g

Temperature, peak gust (g) and rain chance. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0); official alerts by NOAA/NWS.