Temperature
32 F at 3 AM; 54 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 31 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 32F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 54F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 31F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Colorado Air and Space Port, Colorado
Small airport in Adams 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.
33°
64°/30°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 26°·Light breeze 8 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Colorado Air and Space Port until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 15 degrees warmer: a high of 79° after 64° today.
Now. Colorado Air and Space Port is 33° and mostly clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 26°. The dew point is 19°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 64° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 2 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 79°, and the coolest Monday, near 73°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:17 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
31Air quality
50%Humidity
20%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
33feels26
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6430
clear day
Sat
Oct 17
7937
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
7647
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
7347
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7649
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7851
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7953
15mph
33°
64°30°
79°37°
76°47°
73°47°
76°49°
78°51°
79°53°
As of 3:00 AM in Colorado Air and Space Port, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Colorado Air and Space Port
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Denver-Boulder (CO), 28 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good21.4 mi
- Ozone31Good35 ppb22.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.5 ppb22.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb22.1 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm24.7 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 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Colorado Air and Space Port
0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Last 3 days
- 0.16in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 31%
Visibility
How far you can see at Colorado Air and Space Port, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CFO
- ICAO
- KCFO
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 5,512 ft
- Serves
- Denver
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CFO
- Wind now
- From 350° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 8,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 91° / 271° | 2 mph head, on 26 | 8 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 8,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 8 mph head, on 35 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Colorado Air and Space (CFO), Colorado Air and Space Port's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 22 F, the air 66% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 22F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 66%
- Humidity, range
- 44 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the north at 3 AM; at its strongest 28 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 35 mph at 11 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 28mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 35mph
- 11 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.77 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.56 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.77inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.56inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 4 AM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 1
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 13 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,900ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 4 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
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Colorado Air and Space Port, 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/5,493 ft/19 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-70 @ Bennett (45)CO072
Beside a road/6.4 mi away/5,484 ft/28 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Commerce City 4E - ArsenalAENC2
On a military installation/17.1 mi away/5,274 ft/238 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Watkins 1.4 NNECO-AD-267
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/5,521 ft/9 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Brighton - DIA 4NNWDIAC2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.5 mi away/5,361 ft/151 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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 Colorado Air and Space Port
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Watkinscommunity, 5 mi
- Bennetttown, 6 mi
- Aetna Estatescommunity, 8 mi
- Strasburgcommunity, 12 mi
- Brick Centercommunity, 14 mi
- Auroracity, 16 mi
- Comanche Creekcommunity, 16 mi
- Commerce Citycity, 17 mi
- Byerscommunity, 18 mi
- Lochbuietown, 18 mi
- Foxfieldtown, 19 mi
- Brightoncity, 19 mi
Airports near Colorado Air and Space Port
- Denver International AirportDEN, 9 mi
- Buckley Space Force BaseBKF, 13 mi
- Centennial AirportAPA, 22 mi
- Erie Municipal AirportEIK, 31 mi
- Rocky Mountain Metropolitan AirportBJC, 32 mi
- Boulder Municipal AirportBDU, 41 mi
- Vance Brand AirportLMO, 42 mi
- Greeley-Weld County AirportGXY, 45 mi