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Telluride Regional Airport, Colorado

Medium airport in San Miguel County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Telluride Regional Airport

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Telluride (CO), 5 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 5, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Telluride Regional Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.94 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.94in

Visibility

How far you can see at Telluride Regional Airport, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
TEX
ICAO
KTEX
IATA
TEX
Field elevation
9,070 ft
Serves
Telluride
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
TEX
Wind now
From 120° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09 / 277,111 ft100 ftAsphalt105° / 285°3 mph head, on 091 mph from the right
09272,500 ftN120° 3 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Telluride Regional (TEX), Telluride Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

36 F at 9 PM Thursday; 43 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 32 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.

Now
36F
9 PM Thursday
Highest
43F
1 PM Thursday
Lowest
32F
6 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Telluride Regional, temperature from 32.0 to 43.4, the latest 35.6; dew point from 32.0 to 35.6, the latest 33.8, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF303540453 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16FREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 34 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
34F
9 PM Thursday
Humidity now
93%
Humidity, range
74 to 100%
Relative humidity at Telluride Regional, relative humidity from 74 to 100, the latest 93, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%7080901003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

Calm at 9 PM Thursday; at its strongest 15 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 2 PM Thursday.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
15mph
2 PM Thursday
Highest gust
20mph
2 PM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Telluride Regional, wind from 0 to 15, the latest 0; gust from 16 to 20, the latest 20, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph051015203 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16WINDGUST
Wind direction at Telluride Regional, wind direction from 250 to 300, the latest 270, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.63 inHg at 9 PM Thursday, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.33 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.63inHg
9 PM Thursday
3 hours
+0.07inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.33inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Telluride Regional, pressure, altimeter from 30.30 to 30.63, the latest 30.63, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.3030.4030.5030.6030.703 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 0.3 miles at 2 AM Thursday, under a mile for 3 hours; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.3mi
2 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile
3
Visibility at Telluride Regional, visibility from 0.3 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 1 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
1 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
16
Lowest cloud base at Telluride Regional, lowest cloud base from 200 to 2,300, the latest 1,100, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.04 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 5 AM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Wettest hour
0.01in
5 AM Thursday
Hours with some
4
Precipitation at Telluride Regional, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.01, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Telluride Regional: 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 Telluride 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

Telluride RegionalTEX

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/9,085 ft/15 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Ophir 1NNW - Alta LakesALCC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.8 mi away/11,558 ft/2,488 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Telluride 3.7 WCO-SM-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/8,869 ft/201 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

TellurideTELC2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/8,669 ft/401 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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