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Weather, dust outlook, and radio for Black Rock City. This page refreshes itself every few minutes while it's open.
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On the playa now
Pinhole Project 3B Plazameasured here · 44 min agoCalm80°F
Overcast · feels 83°
1mph
SSW · gusting 3
Wind lull / gust
0 – 3 mph
Humidity
68%
dew pt 68°F
UV index
0
Sun
6:28 AM – 4:51 PM
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Next 48 hours
HRRR (NOAA, 3 km) · gusts by hourPeak gust in 24h:22 mph at 7p
12a
2
38°
1a
1
37°
2a
3
36°
3a
3
35°
4a
3
35°
5a
3
35°
6a
3
34°
7a
6
34°
8a
3
36°
9a
5
40°
10a
8
43°
11a
7
46°
12p
5
48°
1p
4
49°
2p
5
50°
3p
6
51°
4p
4
49°
5p
5
46°
6p
21
44°
7p
22
43°
8p
21
42°
9p
16
41°
10p
15
39°
11p
16
39°
Bars are gusts in mph, coloured by dust risk; the number underneath is the temperature. HRRR is NOAA's high-resolution model, re-run every hour — the best read on the next day or two, and it deliberately does not go further.
7-day forecast
Today
48° 28°
7 mph
Tue
51° 34°
22 mph
6% 🌧
Wed
54° 35°
18 mph
Thu
57° 45°
3 mph
Fri
58° 44°
5 mph
Sat
59° 45°
4 mph
Sun
65° 47°
6 mph
Gusts shown per day (dust signal). Source: Open-Meteo.
Extended outlook
ECMWF (European Centre)Mon
63° 43°
6 mph
Tue
61° 40°
6 mph
Wed
65° 42°
18 mph
Thu
53° 40°
14 mph
Fri
57° 38°
6 mph
Sat
60° 41°
5 mph
Sun
65° 42°
5 mph
Mon
51° 39°
7 mph
The European Centre's model, run out to fifteen days. Useful for packing; the week above is the one to plan around.
Playa radio
BMIR 94.5 FM
Burning Man Information Radio — the city's voice.
Live during the event (Aug 30 – Sep 7, 2026). Off-air the rest of the year. Keeps playing if you move to another page.
GARS 95.1 FM
Gate Advisory Radio Station — Gate Road & SR-447 traffic, wait times, and Exodus advisories.
On-playa only · tune to 95.1 FM
No online stream.
Shouting Fire 99.5 FM
The global burner radio network, started by Bobzilla, formerly one of BMIR's managers. On air year round, not just event week.
On playa · tune to 99.5 FM. Also on shoutingfire.com, iHeart, TuneIn and their own app.
The K-Hole 102.3 FM
Music for the staff and volunteers who build the city. 50 watts on playa from August, and an online stream the rest of the year.
On playa · tune to 102.3 FM
Listen online at thekhole.radio12345.com (or search “thekhole” in the Listen2MyRadio app), and see their Facebook page for the schedule.