Temperature
35 F at 1 AM; 54 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 35 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 35F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 54F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 35F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Buckley Space Force Base, 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.
36°
65°/32°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 31°·Light breeze 6 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Buckley Space Force Base until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 16 degrees warmer: a high of 81° after 65° today.
Now. Buckley Space Force Base is 36° and partly cloudy at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 31°. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 65° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 1 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 81°, and the coolest Monday, near 74°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:18 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:18 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 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
39Air quality
57%Humidity
44%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
36feels31
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
6532
clear day
Sat
Oct 17
8136
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
7745
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
7446
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7747
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7950
partly cloudy day
Thu
Oct 22
7952
13mph
36°
65°32°
81°36°
77°45°
74°46°
77°47°
79°50°
79°52°
As of 2:00 AM in Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Buckley Space Force Base
Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Denver-Boulder (CO), 21 miles off.
39Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)39Good13.1 mi
- Ozone29Good26 ppb13.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-
- Nitrogen dioxide7Good7.4 ppb13.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb13.1 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm14.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Buckley Space Force Base
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Buckley Space Force Base, 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
- BKF
- ICAO
- KBKF
- IATA
- BFK
- Field elevation
- 5,662 ft
- Serves
- Aurora
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BKF
- Wind now
- From 350° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:58
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 11,006 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 152° / 332° | 6 mph head, on 32 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Buckley ANGB/Denver (BKF), Buckley Space Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 26 F, the air 71% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 2 PM Thursday to 94% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 26F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 71%
- Humidity, range
- 44 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the north at 1 AM; at its strongest 24 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 32 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 12 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.73 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.14 inHg over 3 hours; 0.58 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.73inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.14inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.58inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 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 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 7 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Buckley ANGB/Denver: 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 Buckley Space Force Base, 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/5,663 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
6th ParkwayE470E
Beside a road/2.1 mi away/5,677 ft/15 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Commerce City 4E - ArsenalAENC2
On a military installation/10.1 mi away/5,274 ft/388 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Aurora 5SEAUOC2
At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/5,632 ft/30 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Aurora 2.1 ESECO-AR-313
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/5,603 ft/59 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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Airports near Buckley Space Force Base
- Centennial AirportAPA, 10 mi
- Denver International AirportDEN, 12 mi
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