Apishapa SnotelAPSC2
A snow pillow on a mountain/0.8 mi away/10,000 ft/62 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Colorado/Cucharas Pass
Cucharas Pass, Colorado
Mountain pass in Las Animas County, Colorado, at 9,938 ft35°
45°/22°
Clear·
Feels like 35°·Light air 2 mph ESE
Coming up. Tomorrow is 12 degrees warmer: a high of 57° after 45° today.
Now. Cucharas Pass is 35° and clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 9°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-southeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 28° by 1 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. Highs stay close to 56° all week. Rain is likely Thursday (58%). Rain is possible Wednesday (30%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:28 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
34%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
35feels35
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
4522
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5727
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5732
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5534
13%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
5535
13%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
5637
30%
Thu
Oct 22
5440
58%
35°
45°22°
57°27°
57°32°
55°34°
55°35°
56°37°
54°40°
As of 7:00 PM in Cucharas Pass, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Cucharas Pass
Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, San Luis Valley (CO), 48 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cucharas Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.33 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.33in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Cucharas Pass, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 9,938 ft
- County
- Las Animas County
- State
- Colorado
- Latitude
- 37.3203° N
- Longitude
- 105.0736° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Cucharas Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
La Veta Pass (74)CO028
Beside a road/21.5 mi away/9,358 ft/580 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Walsenburg4V1
At an airfield/30.2 mi away/6,049 ft/3,889 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
La Veta 7.5 SSWCO-HF-48
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/8,170 ft/1,768 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Aguilar 18WSWAGRC2
At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/8,684 ft/1,254 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Cucharas Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Stonewall Gapcommunity, 11 mi
- La Vetatown, 13 mi
- Westoncommunity, 18 mi
- San Luistown, 21 mi
- Fort Garlandcommunity, 21 mi
- Segundocommunity, 24 mi
- Aguilartown, 24 mi
- Lynncommunity, 24 mi
- Blancatown, 26 mi
- Valdezcommunity, 26 mi
- Walsenburgcity, 27 mi
- Cokedaletown, 28 mi
Mountain passes near Cucharas Pass
- Cordova Pass3 mi
- Whiskey Pass10 mi
- Veta Pass13 mi
- Cottontail Pass14 mi
- La Veta Pass20 mi
- North La Veta Pass21 mi
- Sangre de Cristo Pass22 mi
- Pass Creek Pass22 mi