At an airfield/0.0 mi away/4,695 ft/19 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Colorado Plains Regional Airport, Colorado
Small airport in Washington County, Colorado* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures falling to 26 to 32 degrees, coldest over the plains. * WHERE...Front Range Urban Corridor and all of the eastern plains. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
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.
45°
59°/39°
Clear·
Feels like 38°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Colorado Plains Regional Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Colorado Plains Regional Airport is 45° and clear at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 28° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:15 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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
58%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
45feels38
15mph
Today
Oct 15
5939
88%
25mph
Fri
Oct 16
5428
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
7732
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
7640
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
7241
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7842
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
8149
mostly clear day
45°
59°39°
54°28°
77°32°
76°40°
72°41°
78°42°
81°49°
As of 8:00 PM in Colorado Plains Regional Airport, Colorado.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Colorado Plains Regional Airport
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Last 3 days
- 0.20in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 65%
Visibility
How far you can see at Colorado Plains Regional Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AKO
- ICAO
- KAKO
- IATA
- AKO
- Field elevation
- 4,714 ft
- Serves
- Akron
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- AKO
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 7,001 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 119° / 299° | - | - |
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Colorado Plains Regional 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 now2 instruments
076E10135RWS1RHS - 1.0 mi W of C CO US CDOTCO183
Beside a road/16.7 mi away/4,190 ft/524 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Akron 0.5 WCO-WA-82
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/4,684 ft/30 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
AkronAKRC2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/4,541 ft/173 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 Akron (AKRC2), 4.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Colorado Plains Regional Airport
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- Holyoke AirportHEQ, 57 mi
- Limon Municipal AirportLIC, 67 mi
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