North Fork Big Thompson RiverDKKC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.2 mi away/6,309 ft/3,824 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Colorado/Donner Pass
Donner Pass, Colorado
Mountain pass in Larimer County, Colorado, at 10,133 ft34°
59°/29°
Clear·
Feels like 26°·Gentle breeze 10 mph WSW
Now. Donner Pass is 34° and clear at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 26°. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 58°, and the coolest Friday, near 51°. Rain is likely Friday (67%). Rain is possible Thursday (42%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 43% lit, and sets at 11:17 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
53Air quality
78%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
34feels26
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
5929
13mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
5835
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
5635
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
5635
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
5736
partly cloudy day
Thu
Oct 22
5737
42%
Fri
Oct 23
5137
67%
34°
59°29°
58°35°
56°35°
56°35°
57°36°
57°37°
51°37°
As of 5:00 AM in Donner Pass, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Donner Pass
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Fort Collins (CO), 22 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate20.2 mi
- Ozone41Good19 ppb17.3 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm20.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 16
- GoodTodayOct 17
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 12 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Donner Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.31in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Donner Pass, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 10,133 ft
- County
- Larimer County
- State
- Colorado
- Latitude
- 40.5272° N
- Longitude
- 105.4630° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Donner Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Lily Lake (35)CO045
Beside a road/15.8 mi away/8,920 ft/1,213 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station CW2056CW2056
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.5 mi away/5,254 ft/4,879 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/24.3 mi away/5,016 ft/5,117 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Boulder 14 W94075
At a climate reference station/34.6 mi away/9,828 ft/305 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Glen Haven 1.2 NCO-LR-868
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/7,103 ft/3,030 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Estes ParkEPKC2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/7,612 ft/2,521 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Colorado
41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Donner Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Estes Parktown, 11 mi
- Laportecommunity, 18 mi
- Red Feather Lakescommunity, 20 mi
- Fort Collinscity, 21 mi
- Lovelandcity, 22 mi
- Allensparkcommunity, 23 mi
- Lyonstown, 23 mi
- Berthoudtown, 25 mi
- Timnathtown, 27 mi
- Wellingtontown, 27 mi
- Grand Laketown, 27 mi
- Bark Ranchcommunity, 28 mi
Mountain passes near Donner Pass
- White Pine Pass5 mi
- Stormy Peaks Pass7 mi
- Icefield Pass9 mi
- Flint Pass11 mi
- Mummy Pass11 mi
- Cloudy Pass15 mi
- Timberline Pass15 mi
- Chapin Pass15 mi