Temperature
38 F at 2 AM; 60 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 37 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 38F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 60F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 37F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Cortez Municipal Airport, Colorado
Medium airport in Montezuma County, Colorado38°
66°/35°
Clear·
Feels like 35°·Light breeze 4 mph E
Now. Cortez Municipal Airport is 38° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 65° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 6 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 68°, and the coolest Thursday, near 63°. Rain is likely Wednesday (66%) and Thursday (80%). Rain is possible Tuesday (38%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:36 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:43 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
92%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
38feels35
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6635
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6835
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6438
14%
Mon
Oct 19
6640
21%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6742
38%
Wed
Oct 21
6744
66%
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
6343
80%
38°
66°35°
68°35°
64°38°
66°40°
67°42°
67°44°
63°43°
As of 2:00 AM in Cortez Municipal Airport, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Cortez Municipal Airport
Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Four Corners Area (CO), 0 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
- Ozone14Good13 ppb4.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)3Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.
GoodModerate
- 27YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cortez Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 1.00 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
- 1.00in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Cortez Municipal Airport, 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
- CEZ
- ICAO
- KCEZ
- IATA
- CEZ
- Field elevation
- 5,918 ft
- Serves
- Cortez
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- CEZ
- Wind now
- From 100° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 7,205 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 41° / 221° | 2 mph head, on 03 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Cortez/Montezuma Co (CEZ), Cortez Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 36 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 3 PM Thursday to 96% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 36F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 92%
- Humidity, range
- 46 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the east at 2 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 16mph
- 4 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.57 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.31 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.57inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.31inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 1 PM Thursday; 6 miles now.
- Now
- 6mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 1 PM 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 3,300 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 13 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,300ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 13
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
Cortez/Montezuma Co: 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 Cortez Municipal 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/5,915 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Co Cortez 8 SECEZC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.6 mi away/8,051 ft/2,133 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Cortez 8 SE03061
At a climate reference station/7.9 mi away/8,034 ft/2,116 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Cortez 1.7 SWCO-MZ-25
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/6,030 ft/112 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
CortezCTZC2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.4 mi away/6,166 ft/248 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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.
Airports near Cortez Municipal Airport
- Durango La Plata County AirportDRO, 49 mi
- Telluride Regional AirportTEX, 60 mi
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- Montrose Regional AirportMTJ, 92 mi
- Mineral County Memorial AirportC24, 100 mi
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