Temperature
54 F at 12 AM; 60 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 2 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 54F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 60F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 43F
- 2 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Grand Junction Regional Airport, Colorado
Medium airport in Mesa County, Colorado47°
63°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 42°·Gentle breeze 13 mph NNW
Now. Grand Junction Regional Airport is 47° and clear at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 68°, and the coolest Sunday, near 64°. Rain is likely Thursday (69%). Rain is possible Tuesday (46%) and Wednesday (38%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:34 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:36 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 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
28Air quality
41%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
47feels42
13mph
Today
Oct 16
6337
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6541
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6444
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
6546
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6648
46%
Wed
Oct 21
6848
38%
14mph
Thu
Oct 22
6448
69%
47°
63°37°
65°41°
64°44°
65°46°
66°48°
68°48°
64°48°
As of 1:00 AM in Grand Junction Regional Airport, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Grand Junction Regional Airport
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Grand Junction (CO), 5 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
- Ozone28Good23 ppb11.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Grand Junction Regional Airport
0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 0.63 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.08in
- Last 3 days
- 0.63in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 13%
Visibility
How far you can see at Grand Junction Regional Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GJT
- ICAO
- KGJT
- IATA
- GJT
- Field elevation
- 4,858 ft
- Serves
- Grand Junction
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- GJT
- Wind now
- From 30° at 18 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,501 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 55° / 235° | 16 mph head, on 04 | 8 mph from the left |
| 11 / 29 | 9,339 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 125° / 305° | 2 mph head, on 29 | 18 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Grand Junction (GJT), Grand Junction Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 31 F, the air 41% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 12 AM to 96% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 31F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 41%
- Humidity, range
- 41 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the east northeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 29 mph at 12 AM.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the east northeast
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.59 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.34 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.59inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- 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 400 ft at 2 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 2 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 12
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
- 0.00in
- 2 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Grand Junction: 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 Grand Junction Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.8 mi away/4,839 ft/19 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fruitvale - East JunctionEJHC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/4,629 ft/229 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Palisade (6)CO097
Beside a road/11.1 mi away/4,697 ft/161 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Grand Junction 3.8 NNECO-ME-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/4,816 ft/42 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Grand Junction WFOGJUC2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/4,827 ft/31 ft below 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 Grand Junction WFO (GJUC2), 0.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
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Near Grand Junction Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Palisadetown, 9 mi
- Fruitacity, 11 mi
- Lomacommunity, 16 mi
- De Bequetown, 22 mi
- Collbrantown, 32 mi
- Battlement Mesacommunity, 34 mi
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Airports near Grand Junction Regional Airport
- Blake FieldAJZ, 34 mi
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- Hopkins FieldAIB, 61 mi
- Rangely Airport4V0, 68 mi
- Meeker AirportEEO, 72 mi
- Telluride Regional AirportTEX, 88 mi
- Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)ASE, 89 mi