Temperature
61 F at 3 PM; 61 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 22 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 61F
- 3 PM
- Highest
- 61F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 22F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport, Colorado
Medium airport in Gunnison County, Colorado62°
64°/24°
Clear·
Feels like 62°·Light air 2 mph SSE
Now. Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport is 62° and clear at 4 PM. The dew point is 2°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 46° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 27° 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 tomorrow, near 64°, and the coolest Thursday, near 59°. Rain is likely Thursday (71%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:31 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
39Air quality
9%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
4:00 PM
62feels62
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6424
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6427
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6129
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
6135
17%
Tue
Oct 20
6134
14%
Wed
Oct 21
6334
26%
Thu
Oct 22
5938
71%
62°
64°24°
64°27°
61°29°
61°35°
61°34°
63°34°
59°38°
As of 4:00 PM in Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport
Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Aspen (CO), 46 miles off.
39Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
- Ozone39Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 31, good.
GoodModerate
- 31YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.04in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GUC
- ICAO
- KGUC
- IATA
- GUC
- Field elevation
- 7,680 ft
- Serves
- Gunnison
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- GUC
- Wind now
- From 180° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 15:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 unlit | 2,981 ft | 150 ft | GVL | 180° / 0° | 3 mph head, on 17 | None |
| 7 / 25 | 9,400 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 73° / 253° | 1 mph head, on 25 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Gunnison Co. (AWOS) (GUC), Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 2 F, the air 9% saturated; the humidity ran from 9% at 3 PM to 92% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 2F
- 3 PM
- Humidity now
- 9%
- Humidity, range
- 9 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 4 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 6 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 7 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.61 inHg at 4 PM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.14 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.61inHg
- 4 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.14inHg
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 6,500 ft at 5 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 6,500ft
- 5 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 3
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
Gunnison Co. (AWOS): 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 Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/7,674 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Gunnison River 1 AT GunnisonGUSC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.9 mi away/7,703 ft/23 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Monarch Pass (60)CO056
Beside a road/33.0 mi away/11,263 ft/3,583 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Gunnison 0.5 WSWCO-GN-51
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/7,681 ft/1 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Gunnison CoopGUNC2
At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/7,674 ft/6 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 Gunnison Coop (GUNC2), 1.8 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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