Temperature
31 F at 12 AM; 52 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 31 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 31F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 52F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 31F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field), Colorado
Medium airport in Pitkin County, Colorado30°
65°/26°
Clear·
Feels like 24°·Light breeze 6 mph SE
Now. Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) is 30° and clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 24°. The dew point is 26°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 65° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 5 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 sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 68°, and the coolest Monday, near 63°. Rain is likely Thursday (59%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:28 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 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
20Air quality
85%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
30feels24
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6526
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6832
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6635
14%
Mon
Oct 19
6337
24%
Tue
Oct 20
6438
23%
Wed
Oct 21
6539
19%
Thu
Oct 22
6440
59%
30°
65°26°
68°32°
66°35°
63°37°
64°38°
65°39°
64°40°
As of 2:00 AM in Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field), Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Aspen (CO), 3 miles off.
20Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good3.1 mi
- Ozone20Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good3.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 31, good.
GoodModerate
- 31YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)
None in the last 24 hours; 0.42 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.42in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field), the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ASE
- ICAO
- KASE
- IATA
- ASE
- Field elevation
- 7,820 ft
- Serves
- Aspen
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- ASE
- Wind now
- From 220° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 8,006 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 160° / 340° | 4 mph head, on 15 | 7 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Aspen/Sardy Field (ASE), Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)'s own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 28 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 4 PM Thursday to 95% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 28F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 43 to 95%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 1 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.70 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.46 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.70inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.46inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- 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 400 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 15
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
- 0.00in
- 2 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Aspen/Sardy Field: 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 Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field), 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/7,815 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Shale Bluffs (10)CO104
Beside a road/2.0 mi away/7,518 ft/302 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Aspen - Maroon CreekMACC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.2 mi away/8,333 ft/513 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Aspen 2.0 WNWCO-PT-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/7,852 ft/32 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GothicGTHC2
At a cooperative observer's station/18.8 mi away/10,617 ft/2,797 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 Gothic (GTHC2), 18.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Colorado
41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
AlamosacityArapahoe Basinsurveyed ski areaAspen Highlandssurveyed ski areaAspen Mountainsurveyed ski areaBeaver Creeksurveyed ski areaBerthoud PassfeatureBouldercityBreckenridgesurveyed ski areaButtermilksurveyed ski areaColorado SpringscityCopper Mountainsurveyed ski areaCrested Buttesurveyed ski areaDenvercityDurangocityEldoraski areaFort CollinscityGranby Ranchski areaGrand JunctioncityGunnisoncityHowelsen Hillski areaIndependence PassfeatureKeystonesurveyed ski areaLeadvillecityLoveland PassfeatureLoveland Ski Areaski areaMount ElbertfeaturePowderhornski areaPueblocityPurgatoryski areaSilvertontownSilverton Mountainski areaSki Cooperski areaSnowmasssurveyed ski areaSteamboatsurveyed ski areaSteamboat SpringscitySunlight Mountainski areaTelluridesurveyed ski areaVailsurveyed ski areaWinter Parksurveyed ski areaWolf Creekski areaWolf Creek Passfeature
Near Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Buttermilksurveyed ski area, 1 mi
- Aspencity, 3 mi
- Woody Creekcommunity, 3 mi
- Snowmass Villagetown, 3 mi
- Aspen Mountainsurveyed ski area, 4 mi
- Snowmasssurveyed ski area, 4 mi
- Aspen Highlandssurveyed ski area, 5 mi
- Basalttown, 13 mi
- Norriecommunity, 13 mi
- El Jebelcommunity, 17 mi
- Independence Passfeature, 18 mi
- Catherinecommunity, 19 mi
Airports near Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)
- Eagle County Regional AirportEGE, 29 mi
- Lake County AirportLXV, 30 mi
- Gunnison Crested Butte Regional AirportGUC, 48 mi
- Central Colorado Regional AirportAEJ, 49 mi
- Garfield County Regional AirportRIL, 50 mi
- McElroy Airfield20V, 63 mi
- Salida Airport - Harriet Alexander FieldANK, 65 mi
- Blake FieldAJZ, 71 mi