At an airfield/0.0 mi away/6,171 ft/16 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, Colorado
Large airport in El Paso County, ColoradoFreeze Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures in the mid 20s to around 30. * WHERE...El Paso and Kiowa counties. * WHEN...For the Freeze Warning, until 9 AM MDT this morning. For the Freeze Watch, from late tonight through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Sub-freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The coldest temperatures will occur Friday night into Saturday morning which may bring an end to the growing season with a prolonged period of subfreezing temperatures.
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.
38°
56°/31°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 28°·Moderate breeze 19 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport until 9 AM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 12 degrees warmer: a high of 68° after 56° today.
Now. City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport is 38° and mostly cloudy at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 28°. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 19 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 1 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 Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest Monday, near 67°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:21 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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
28Air quality
68%Humidity
67%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
38feels28
19mph
Today
Oct 16
5631
17mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6832
13mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7342
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
6745
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
7143
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
7447
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
7149
15%
16mph
38°
56°31°
68°32°
73°42°
67°45°
71°43°
74°47°
71°49°
As of 2:00 AM in City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Colorado Springs (CO), 5 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good7.4 mi
- Ozone28Good31 ppb11.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.09in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at City of Colorado Springs 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
- COS
- ICAO
- KCOS
- IATA
- COS
- Field elevation
- 6,187 ft
- Serves
- Colorado Springs
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- COS
- Wind now
- From 10° at 21 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 8,272 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | 12 mph head, on 30 | 17 mph from the right |
| 17L / 35R | 13,500 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 21 mph head, on 35R | 4 mph from the right |
| 17R / 35L | 11,022 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 21 mph head, on 35L | 4 mph from the right |
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest City of Colorado Springs 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
AmradCOSC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.5 mi away/6,017 ft/170 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-25 @ Fountain Creek (85*)CO032
Beside a road/9.4 mi away/6,185 ft/2 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Colorado Springs 4.8 ESECO-EP-352
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/6,079 ft/108 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/6,952 ft/765 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 Colorado Springs 10NE (CMHC2), 10.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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