Temperature
30 F at 4 AM; 55 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 30 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 30F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 55F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 30F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Saguache Municipal Airport, Colorado
Small airport in Saguache County, Colorado* WHAT...Temperatures in the lower to mid 20s are expected. * WHERE...The San Luis Valley * WHEN...Until 9 AM MDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Sub-freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A hard freeze is expected to end the growing season across the remainder of the San Luis Valley.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
32°
59°/26°
Clear·
Feels like 29°·Light air 3 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Saguache Municipal Airport until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Saguache Municipal Airport is 32° and clear at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 29°. The dew point is 22°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. Highs stay close to 61° all week. Rain is likely Thursday (64%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:30 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
28Air quality
72%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
32feels29
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5926
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6230
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6034
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
5937
15%
Tue
Oct 20
6037
18%
Wed
Oct 21
6038
27%
Thu
Oct 22
5940
64%
32°
59°26°
62°30°
60°34°
59°37°
60°37°
60°38°
59°40°
As of 4:00 AM in Saguache Municipal Airport, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Saguache Municipal Airport
Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, San Luis Valley (CO), 40 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Saguache Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Saguache Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 04V
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 7,826 ft
- Serves
- Saguache
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 04V
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 03:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 unlit | 7,745 ft | 55 ft | Gravel | 119° / 299° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Saguache Muni (04V), Saguache Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 28 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 4 PM Thursday to 90% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 28F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 37 to 90%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the east at 4 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 24 mph at 8 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 24mph
- 8 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.72 inHg at 4 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.42 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.72inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.42inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 4,800 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 4,800ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 6
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Saguache Muni: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Saguache Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/7,825 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Co Saguache 2 WNWSGHC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.2 mi away/7,841 ft/15 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Monarch Pass (60)CO056
Beside a road/28.7 mi away/11,263 ft/3,437 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Saguache 0.4 ECO-SA-59
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/7,712 ft/114 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SaguacheSAGC2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.5 mi away/7,711 ft/115 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Saguache (SAGC2), 2.5 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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Airports near Saguache Municipal Airport
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