Temperature
43 F at 8 PM; 52 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 41 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 43F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 52F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 41F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Centennial Airport, Colorado
Medium airport in Arapahoe 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.
44°
54°/39°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 44°·Light air 2 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Centennial Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Centennial Airport is 44° and mostly clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 33° 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 Saturday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 12 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
62%Humidity
18%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
44feels44
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
5439
87%
23mph
Fri
Oct 16
5833
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7634
12mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7142
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
6944
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7445
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7548
mostly clear day
44°
54°39°
58°33°
76°34°
71°42°
69°44°
74°45°
75°48°
As of 9:00 PM in Centennial Airport, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Centennial Airport
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Fort Collins (CO), 65 miles off.
22Good
- Ozone22Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Centennial Airport
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Last 3 days
- 0.17in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 18%
Visibility
How far you can see at Centennial Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- APA
- ICAO
- KAPA
- IATA
- APA
- Field elevation
- 5,885 ft
- Serves
- Denver
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- APA
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 20:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 4,800 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 111° / 291° | Calm | Calm |
| 17L / 35R | 10,001 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 178° / 358° | Calm | Calm |
| 17R / 35L | 7,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 178° / 358° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Denver/Centennial (APA), Centennial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 31 F, the air 62% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 2 PM to 99% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 31F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 62%
- Humidity, range
- 44 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the northeast at 9 PM; at its strongest 22 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 40 mph at 9 AM.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the northeast
- Strongest
- 22mph
- 1 PM
- Highest gust
- 40mph
- 9 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.61 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.53 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.61inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.53inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.2 miles at 10 PM Wednesday, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.2mi
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 10 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
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
Denver/Centennial: 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 Centennial Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/5,883 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/1.5 mi away/6,001 ft/116 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
FranktownFKTC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.4 mi away/6,221 ft/336 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Centennial 1.5 SSWCO-AR-372
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/5,798 ft/87 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LonetreeLNTC2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/5,906 ft/21 ft above 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 Lonetree (LNTC2), 3.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Colorado
41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Centennial Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Invernesscommunity, 1 mi
- Grand View Estatescommunity, 2 mi
- Dove Valleycommunity, 2 mi
- Meridiancommunity, 3 mi
- Acres Greencommunity, 3 mi
- Cherry Creekcommunity, 3 mi
- Lone Treecity, 3 mi
- Meridian Villagecommunity, 3 mi
- Sierra Ridgecommunity, 3 mi
- Centennialcity, 3 mi
- Stonegatecommunity, 3 mi
- Foxfieldtown, 4 mi
Airports near Centennial Airport
- Buckley Space Force BaseBKF, 10 mi
- Denver International AirportDEN, 22 mi
- Colorado Air and Space PortCFO, 22 mi
- Rocky Mountain Metropolitan AirportBJC, 27 mi
- Erie Municipal AirportEIK, 32 mi
- Boulder Municipal AirportBDU, 38 mi
- USAF Academy AirfieldAFF, 41 mi
- Vance Brand AirportLMO, 44 mi