At an airfield/0.2 mi away/4,239 ft/10 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
La Junta Municipal Airport, Colorado
Small airport in Otero County, ColoradoFreeze Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Frost Advisory, temperatures may briefly dip into the lower to mid 30s resulting in frost formation or a light freeze. For the Freeze Watch, a longer period of sub-freezing temperatures in the mid 20s to around 30 degrees will be possible. * WHERE...Eastern Fremont, Pueblo, Crowley, Otero, Las Animas, Huerfano, Bent, Prowers and Baca Counties. * WHEN...For the Frost Advisory, until 9 AM MDT this morning. For the Freeze Watch, from late tonight through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The coldest readings will occur Friday night into Saturday morning with a killing freeze possible, which could bring an end to the growing season.
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.
44°
56°/34°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 39°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for La Junta Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 14 degrees warmer: a high of 70° after 56° today.
Now. La Junta Municipal Airport is 44° and partly cloudy at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 29° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. 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 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:19 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
13Air quality
73%Humidity
46%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
44feels39
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
5634
13mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7027
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7336
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
7243
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7844
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
8152
partly cloudy day
Thu
Oct 22
7854
25%
18mph
44°
56°34°
70°27°
73°36°
72°43°
78°44°
81°52°
78°54°
As of 1:00 AM in La Junta Municipal Airport, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at La Junta Municipal Airport
Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lamar (CO), 49 miles off.
13Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 10, good.
GoodModerate
- 10YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at La Junta Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.06in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at La Junta Municipal 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
- LHX
- ICAO
- KLHX
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 4,229 ft
- Serves
- La Junta
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LHX
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 6,849 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | - | - |
| 12 / 30 unlit | 5,803 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | - | - |
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest La Junta Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Arkansas River AT La JuntaLXHC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.3 mi away/4,052 ft/177 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
La Junta 17 WSW03063
At a climate reference station/21.4 mi away/4,386 ft/157 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
CherawCHWC2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/4,131 ft/98 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
La Junta 8.9 NNECO-OT-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/4,144 ft/85 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Cheraw (CHWC2), 3.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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