Columbine Pass, Colorado

Mountain pass in La Plata County, Colorado, at 12,687 ft

24° 40°/17°

Mostly clear· Feels like 13°·Gentle breeze 12 mph NE

Now. Columbine Pass is 24° and mostly clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 13°. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northeast at 12 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 16° 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 Saturday, near 43°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 33°. Rain is likely Tuesday (72%) and Wednesday (77%). Rain is possible Monday (38%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 16°.

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 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

23Air quality

93%Humidity

14%Cloud

Now

9:00 PM

24feels13

12mph

Today

Oct 15

4017

16mph

UV 8

Fri

Oct 16

4116

12mph

UV 8

Sat

Oct 17

4320

UV 7

Sun

Oct 18

3823

25%

Mon

Oct 19

3526

38%

Tue

Oct 20

3327

72%

Wed

Oct 21

3428

77%

24°

40°17°

41°16°

43°20°

38°23°

35°26°

33°27°

34°28°

As of 9:00 PM in Columbine Pass, Colorado.

Air quality

The air at Columbine Pass

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Southern Ute Indian Reservation (CO), 36 miles off.

23Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good-
Ozone23Good-
Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.

GoodModerate

47YesterdayOct 14
42TodayOct 15
46FriOct 16

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Columbine Pass

None in the last 24 hours; 1.35 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 1.35in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Columbine Pass, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

Mountain pass

Height: 12,687 ft
County: La Plata County
State: Colorado
Latitude: 37.5989° N
Longitude: 107.6034° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Columbine Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Stump Lakes SnotelSTPC2

A snow pillow on a mountain/8.6 mi away/11,200 ft/1,487 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station EW4277EW4277

In a volunteer observer's own ground/26.8 mi away/6,532 ft/6,155 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Durango (22)CO058

Beside a road/27.5 mi away/6,439 ft/6,248 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Telluride RegionalTEX

At an airfield/29.6 mi away/9,085 ft/3,602 ft below here