Springfield8V7
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/4,390 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Springfield Municipal Airport, Colorado
Small airport in Baca County, ColoradoFreeze Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Frost Advisory, temperatures may briefly dip into the lower to mid 30s resulting in frost formation or a light freeze. For the Freeze Watch, a longer period of sub-freezing temperatures in the mid 20s to around 30 degrees will be possible. * WHERE...Eastern Fremont, Pueblo, Crowley, Otero, Las Animas, Huerfano, Bent, Prowers and Baca Counties. * WHEN...For the Frost Advisory, from 2 AM to 9 AM MDT Friday. For the Freeze Watch, from late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The coldest readings will occur Friday night into Saturday morning with a killing freeze possible, which could bring an end to the growing season.
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.
47°
59°/46°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 42°·Gentle breeze 13 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Springfield Municipal Airport until 9 AM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Springfield Municipal Airport is 47° and partly cloudy at 7 PM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 7 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Wednesday, with wind to 26 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:23 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
12Air quality
76%Humidity
43%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
47feels42
13mph
Today
Oct 15
5946
30mph
Fri
Oct 16
5434
23mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6830
23mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7443
22mph
Mon
Oct 19
7147
12mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7849
24mph
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7755
12%
26mph
47°
59°46°
54°34°
68°30°
74°43°
71°47°
78°49°
77°55°
As of 7:00 PM in Springfield Municipal Airport, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Springfield Municipal Airport
Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Lamar (CO), 43 miles off.
12Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 10, good.
GoodModerate
- 10YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 12 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Springfield Municipal Airport
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
Visibility
How far you can see at Springfield Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 12 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 8V7
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 4,390 ft
- Serves
- Springfield
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 8V7
- Wind now
- From 340° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 5,000 ft | 60 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 8 mph head, on 35 | 3 mph from the left |
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Springfield Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Gobblers Knob (99)CO026
Beside a road/20.2 mi away/4,260 ft/130 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Ute Canyon RAWSUCNC2
A remote fire weather station/27.5 mi away/4,337 ft/53 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Springfield 1.1 NCO-BA-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/4,377 ft/13 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Walsh 1WWLSC2
At a cooperative observer's station/18.3 mi away/3,973 ft/417 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 Walsh 1W (WLSC2), 18.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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Airports near Springfield Municipal Airport
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