Temperature
43 F at 9 PM; 58 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 38 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 43F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 58F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 38F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Garfield County Regional Airport, Colorado
Medium airport in Garfield County, Colorado42°
62°/38°
Clear·
Feels like 39°·Light air 4 mph N
Now. Garfield County Regional Airport is 42° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north at 4 mph.
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 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. Rain is possible Tuesday (34%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
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 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 12 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
82%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
42feels39
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6238
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
6131
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6535
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6439
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
6441
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6443
34%
Wed
Oct 21
6644
29%
42°
62°38°
61°31°
65°35°
64°39°
64°41°
64°43°
66°44°
As of 11:00 PM in Garfield County Regional Airport, Colorado.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Garfield County Regional Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Garfield County Regional Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RIL
- ICAO
- KRIL
- IATA
- RIL
- Field elevation
- 5,548 ft
- Serves
- Rifle
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RIL
- Wind now
- From 110° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 7,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 93° / 273° | 5 mph head, on 08 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Rifle/Garfield Rgnl (RIL), Garfield County Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 37 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 5 PM to 96% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 37F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 79%
- Humidity, range
- 43 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the south southeast at 9 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 24 mph at 12 AM.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the south southeast
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 24mph
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.61 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.42 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.61inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.42inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 10 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 10 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 2,700 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,700ft
- 1 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 15
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 12 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 12 AM
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Rifle/Garfield Rgnl: 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 Garfield County Regional 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/5,548 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rifle RAWSRFEC2
A remote fire weather station/1.5 mi away/6,158 ft/610 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Silt (7)CO084
Beside a road/3.2 mi away/5,369 ft/179 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Silt 3.3 WSWCO-GF-43
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/5,518 ft/30 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Rifle 3ENERIEC2
At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/5,446 ft/102 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 Rifle 3ENE (RIEC2), 1.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Colorado
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Near Garfield County Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Riflecity, 3 mi
- Silttown, 4 mi
- New Castletown, 11 mi
- Chacracommunity, 16 mi
- Battlement Mesacommunity, 18 mi
- Parachutetown, 18 mi
- Glenwood Springscity, 21 mi
- Sunlight Mountainski area, 23 mi
- No Namecommunity, 23 mi
- Collbrantown, 23 mi
- Cattle Creekcommunity, 25 mi
- Carbonatetown, 26 mi
Airports near Garfield County Regional Airport
- Meeker AirportEEO, 37 mi
- Eagle County Regional AirportEGE, 44 mi
- Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)ASE, 50 mi
- Grand Junction Regional AirportGJT, 51 mi
- Blake FieldAJZ, 54 mi
- Rangely Airport4V0, 68 mi
- Craig Moffat AirportCAG, 68 mi
- Montrose Regional AirportMTJ, 71 mi