Temperature
39 F at 2 AM; 60 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 38 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 39F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 60F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 38F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Durango La Plata County Airport, Colorado
Medium airport in La Plata County, Colorado41°
62°/32°
Clear·
Feels like 38°·Light breeze 4 mph SE
Now. Durango La Plata County Airport is 41° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 62° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° 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 65°, and the coolest Thursday, near 59°. Rain or snow is likely Tuesday (63%), Wednesday (78%) and Thursday (84%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:40 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
76%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
41feels38
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6232
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6534
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6138
10%
Mon
Oct 19
6341
21%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6343
63%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6344
78%
Thu
Oct 22
5944
84%
41°
62°32°
65°34°
61°38°
63°41°
63°43°
63°44°
59°44°
As of 2:00 AM in Durango La Plata County Airport, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Durango La Plata County Airport
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Southern Ute Indian Reservation (CO), 24 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good6.7 mi
- Ozone16Good14 ppb6.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)5Good6.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb6.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 33, good.
GoodModerate
- 33YesterdayOct 15
- 46TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Durango La Plata County Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 1.15 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
- 1.15in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Durango La Plata County 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
- DRO
- ICAO
- KDRO
- IATA
- DRO
- Field elevation
- 6,685 ft
- Serves
- Durango
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- DRO
- Wind now
- From 300° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 unlit | 9,201 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 37° / 217° | 0 mph head, on 03 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Durango/La Plata Co (DRO), Durango La Plata County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 32 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 4 PM Thursday to 91% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 32F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 39 to 91%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the north northeast at 2 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 8 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 8 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.59 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.34 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.59inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.11inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.34inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 900 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 900ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
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
Durango/La Plata 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 Durango La Plata County 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/6,686 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
550S01625RWS1RHS - 0.4 miles S o CO US CDOTCO227
Beside a road/6.9 mi away/6,749 ft/64 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mesa Mountain RAWSMMRC2
A remote fire weather station/7.2 mi away/7,313 ft/628 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Ignacio 6.9 NWCO-LP-48
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/6,737 ft/52 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Durango SpotterDROC2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/6,716 ft/31 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 Durango La Plata County Airport
- Stevens FieldPSO, 40 mi
- Cortez Municipal AirportCEZ, 49 mi
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