A snow pillow on a mountain/1.4 mi away/10,785 ft/1,114 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Colorado/Kennebec Pass
Kennebec Pass, Colorado
Mountain pass in La Plata County, Colorado, at 11,899 ft24°
37°/20°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 12°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NNE
Now. Kennebec Pass is 24° and mostly clear at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 12°. The dew point is 23°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 35° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 22° by 2 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 38°, and the coolest Thursday, near 28°. Snow is likely Tuesday (76%), Wednesday (81%) and Thursday (82%). Rain is possible Monday (43%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 21°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:34 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:40 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
19Air quality
79%Humidity
16%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
24feels12
13mph
Today
Oct 16
3720
13mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
3821
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
3323
25%
Mon
Oct 19
3325
43%
Tue
Oct 20
3025
76%
Wed
Oct 21
3225
81%
Thu
Oct 22
2824
82%
24°
37°20°
38°21°
33°23°
33°25°
30°25°
32°25°
28°24°
As of 12:00 AM in Kennebec Pass, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Kennebec Pass
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Southern Ute Indian Reservation (CO), 13 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 14
- 46TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Kennebec Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 1.70 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
- 1.70in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Kennebec Pass, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 11,899 ft
- County
- La Plata County
- State
- Colorado
- Latitude
- 37.4500° N
- Longitude
- 108.0006° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Kennebec Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Citizen station EW4277EW4277
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.5 mi away/6,532 ft/5,367 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Durango (22)CO058
Beside a road/14.1 mi away/6,439 ft/5,460 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/24.7 mi away/6,686 ft/5,213 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cortez 8 SE03061
At a climate reference station/30.7 mi away/8,034 ft/3,865 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Durango 6.9 NCO-LP-119
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.7 mi away/7,448 ft/4,451 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Durango SpotterDROC2
At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/6,716 ft/5,183 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Colorado
41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
AlamosacityArapahoe Basinsurveyed ski areaAspen Highlandssurveyed ski areaAspen Mountainsurveyed ski areaBeaver Creeksurveyed ski areaBerthoud PassfeatureBouldercityBreckenridgesurveyed ski areaButtermilksurveyed ski areaColorado SpringscityCopper Mountainsurveyed ski areaCrested Buttesurveyed ski areaDenvercityDurangocityEldoraski areaFort CollinscityGranby Ranchski areaGrand JunctioncityGunnisoncityHowelsen Hillski areaIndependence PassfeatureKeystonesurveyed ski areaLeadvillecityLoveland PassfeatureLoveland Ski Areaski areaMount ElbertfeaturePowderhornski areaPueblocityPurgatoryski areaSilvertontownSilverton Mountainski areaSki Cooperski areaSnowmasssurveyed ski areaSteamboatsurveyed ski areaSteamboat SpringscitySunlight Mountainski areaTelluridesurveyed ski areaVailsurveyed ski areaWinter Parksurveyed ski areaWolf Creekski areaWolf Creek Passfeature
Near Kennebec Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Mountain passes near Kennebec Pass
- Eagle Pass2 mi
- Puzzle Pass4 mi
- Treasure Pass11 mi
- Silver Pass15 mi
- Bolam Pass19 mi
- Coal Bank Pass21 mi
- Trimble Pass24 mi
- Columbine Pass24 mi