Temperature
31 F at 10 PM; 55 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 31 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 31F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 55F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 31F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Holyoke Airport, Colorado
Small airport in Phillips County, Colorado* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures of 26 to 29 degrees expected. * WHERE...Julesburg, and Holyoke. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Most of the northeast plains of Colorado will drop below freezing tonight. However, this Freeze Warning will only be in effect for locations that did not see a hard or killing freeze (temperatures closer to 28F) last night.
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.
32°
59°/29°
Clear·
Feels like 26°·Light breeze 6 mph S
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Holyoke Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 15 degrees warmer: a high of 74° after 59° today.
Now. Holyoke Airport is 32° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 26°. The dew point is 22°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 31° by 4 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 Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest Monday, near 67°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
71%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
32feels26
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5929
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
7429
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
7335
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6739
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7239
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7745
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7949
15mph
32°
59°29°
74°29°
73°35°
67°39°
72°39°
77°45°
79°49°
As of 10:00 PM in Holyoke Airport, Colorado.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Holyoke Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Holyoke Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HEQ
- ICAO
- KHEQ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 3,730 ft
- Serves
- Holyoke
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- HEQ
- Wind now
- From 210° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 22:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 150° / 330° | 3 mph head, on 14 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Holyoke (HEQ), Holyoke Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 22 F, the air 70% saturated; the humidity ran from 24% at 4 PM to 74% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 22F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 70%
- Humidity, range
- 24 to 74%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the south southwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 9 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 10 AM.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 9 AM
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 10 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.54 inHg at 10 PM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.54inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 6 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 6 PM
- 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 3,400 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,400ft
- 5 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 1
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
Holyoke: 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 Holyoke 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
HolyokeHEQ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,730 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Holyoke (51)CO048
Beside a road/7.2 mi away/3,747 ft/17 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
South Platte River 1 SE JulesburgJULC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/28.3 mi away/3,461 ft/269 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Holyoke 0.6 ECO-PH-53
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/3,734 ft/4 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HolyokeHOLC2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/3,773 ft/43 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 Holyoke (HOLC2), 4.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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