Temperature
40 F at 9 PM; 56 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 40 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
- Now
- 40F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 56F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 40F
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Erie Municipal Airport, Colorado
Small airport in Weld 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.
41°
61°/35°
Clear·
Feels like 41°·Calm 0 mph SE
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Erie Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Erie Municipal Airport is 41° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 31° by 7 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 Wednesday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
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 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 12 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
84%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
41feels41
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6135
82%
18mph
Fri
Oct 16
5928
clear day
Sat
Oct 17
7829
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
7636
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
7338
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7738
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7941
mostly clear day
41°
61°35°
59°28°
78°29°
76°36°
73°38°
77°38°
79°41°
As of 10:00 PM in Erie Municipal Airport, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Erie Municipal Airport
Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Fort Collins (CO), 34 miles off.
27Good
- Ozone27Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Erie Municipal Airport
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 0.68in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 6%
Visibility
How far you can see at Erie Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- EIK
- ICAO
- KEIK
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 5,130 ft
- Serves
- Erie
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- EIK
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 21:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 4,700 ft | 60 ft | Concrete | 166° / 346° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Erie (EIK), Erie Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 35 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 5 PM to 100% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 35F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 83%
- Humidity, range
- 40 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the east at 9 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 28 mph at 12 PM.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 12 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.61 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.52 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.61inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.52inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 7 AM
- 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 500 ft at 11 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.06 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 11 PM Wednesday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Hours with some
- 7
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Erie: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Erie 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 now4 instruments
ErieEIK
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/5,130 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-25 @ SH-7 (40)CO010
Beside a road/3.6 mi away/5,161 ft/31 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
South Platte River 0 AT HendersonHNDC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.3 mi away/5,026 ft/104 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Boulder 14 W94075
At a climate reference station/26.1 mi away/9,828 ft/4,698 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Erie 0.5 SECO-WE-392
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/5,132 ft/2 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lafayette 1NLAFC2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.0 mi away/5,279 ft/149 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 Lafayette 1N (LAFC2), 2.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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Near Erie Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Erietown, 2 mi
- Lafayettecity, 3 mi
- Leynercommunity, 4 mi
- Broomfieldcity, 5 mi
- Louisvillecity, 6 mi
- Paragon Estatescommunity, 7 mi
- Superiortown, 8 mi
- Daconocity, 8 mi
- Gunbarrelcommunity, 8 mi
- Northglenncity, 8 mi
- Fredericktown, 9 mi
- Niwotcommunity, 9 mi
Airports near Erie Municipal Airport
- Rocky Mountain Metropolitan AirportBJC, 8 mi
- Boulder Municipal AirportBDU, 10 mi
- Vance Brand AirportLMO, 12 mi
- Denver International AirportDEN, 22 mi
- Buckley Space Force BaseBKF, 26 mi
- Northern Colorado Regional AirportFNL, 30 mi
- Colorado Air and Space PortCFO, 31 mi
- Centennial AirportAPA, 32 mi