Mountain passes/Colorado/Cottontail Pass

Cottontail Pass, Colorado

Mountain pass in Las Animas County, Colorado, at 7,992 ft

36° 51°/35°

Partly cloudy· Feels like 30°·Light breeze 7 mph N

Now. Cottontail Pass is 36° and partly cloudy at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 30°. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 7 mph, gusting to 20 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 Sunday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. The days ahead look dry. 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 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

0Air quality

94%Humidity

49%Cloud

Now

10:00 PM

36feels30

Today

Oct 15

5135

16mph

UV 7

Fri

Oct 16

5231

12%

UV 7

Sat

Oct 17

6433

UV 7

Sun

Oct 18

6739

UV 6

Mon

Oct 19

6343

14%

UV 6

Tue

Oct 20

6444

15%

UV 6

Wed

Oct 21

6545

23%

36°

51°35°

52°31°

64°33°

67°39°

63°43°

64°44°

65°45°

As of 10:00 PM in Cottontail Pass, Colorado.

Air quality

The air at Cottontail Pass

Index 0, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Taos (NM), 74 miles off.

0Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 10, good.

GoodModerate

10YesterdayOct 14

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cottontail Pass

None in the last 24 hours; 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.16in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Cottontail Pass, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 10 miles Thu 10 PM.

Mountain pass

Height: 7,992 ft
County: Las Animas County
State: Colorado
Latitude: 37.2578° N
Longitude: 104.8306° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cottontail Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Weston 12NNWWTNC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.0 mi away/8,519 ft/527 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

I-25 @ Aguilar (88)CO031

Beside a road/15.5 mi away/6,248 ft/1,744 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Trinidad/Animas Co.TAD

At an airfield/26.9 mi away/5,761 ft/2,231 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Gulnare 0.6 WNWCO-LA-36