Airports/Colorado/Mineral County Memorial Airport

Mineral County Memorial Airport, Colorado

Small airport in Mineral County, Colorado

33° 55°/26°

Clear· Feels like 33°·Calm 1 mph N

Now. Mineral County Memorial Airport is 33° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 26° by 6 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 Saturday, near 61°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 52°. Rain is likely Tuesday (53%) and Wednesday (58%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 25°.

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 south-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 15 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

-Air quality

85%Humidity

0%Cloud

Now

11:00 PM

33feels33

Today

Oct 15

5526

UV 7

Fri

Oct 16

5825

UV 7

Sat

Oct 17

6130

UV 7

Sun

Oct 18

5632

16%

Mon

Oct 19

5335

23%

Tue

Oct 20

5236

53%

Wed

Oct 21

5237

58%

33°

55°26°

58°25°

61°30°

56°32°

53°35°

52°36°

52°37°

As of 11:00 PM in Mineral County Memorial Airport, Colorado.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mineral County Memorial Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.41 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.41in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Mineral County Memorial Airport, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

Airfield

Code: C24
ICAO: -
IATA: -
Field elevation: 8,680 ft
Serves: Creede
Kind: Small airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: C24
Wind now: Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:55

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
07 / 25 unlit	6,880 ft	60 ft	Asphalt	83° / 263°	Calm	Calm

Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Creede (C24), Mineral County Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

35 F at 9 PM; 54 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 29 F at its coolest, 4 AM.

Now: 35F; 9 PM
Highest: 54F; 3 PM
Lowest: 29F; 4 AM

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 30 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 3 PM to 95% at 4 AM.

Dew point now: 30F; 9 PM
Humidity now: 81%
Humidity, range: 40 to 95%

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

1 mph from the east northeast at 9 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 1 PM, and no gust reported.

Now: 1mph; from the east northeast
Strongest: 18mph; 1 PM
Highest gust: -; none reported

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.64 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.42 inHg higher than a day before.

Now: 30.64inHg; 9 PM
3 hours: +0.10inHg; rising
24 hours: +0.42inHg

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 8 miles at 3 PM; 10 miles or more now.

Now: 10+mi
Lowest: 8mi; 3 PM
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 3,700 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.

Lowest base now: -
Lowest in 24 hours: 3,700ft; 6 AM
Hours with a base reported: 11

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

Creede: 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 Mineral County Memorial 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

CreedeC24

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/8,645 ft/35 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Blue Park RAWSBLPC2

A remote fire weather station/8.5 mi away/10,358 ft/1,678 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Pagosa Springs (23)CO054

Beside a road/38.7 mi away/7,199 ft/1,481 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Creede Water TreatmentCWTC2