Stony Pass, Colorado

Mountain pass in San Juan County, Colorado, at 12,593 ft

25° 44°/14°

Clear· Feels like 20°·Light breeze 4 mph NNE

Now. Stony Pass is 25° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 20°. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 4 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 22° 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. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 44°, and the coolest Thursday, near 32°. Rain is likely Monday (56%), Tuesday (58%), Wednesday (77%) and Thursday (93%). Rain is possible Sunday (45%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 22°.

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

26Air quality

81%Humidity

0%Cloud

Now

10:00 PM

25feels20

Today

Oct 16

4414

UV 8

Sat

Oct 17

4422

UV 7

Sun

Oct 18

4024

45%

Mon

Oct 19

3629

56%

Tue

Oct 20

3528

58%

UV 6

Wed

Oct 21

3728

77%

Thu

Oct 22

3229

93%

17mph

25°

44°14°

44°22°

40°24°

36°29°

35°28°

37°28°

32°29°

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

Air quality

The air at Stony Pass

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Telluride (CO), 17 miles off.

26Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.

GoodModerate

11YesterdayOct 15
GoodTodayOct 16
GoodSatOct 17

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Stony Pass

None in the last 24 hours; 0.57 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.57in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 PM.

Mountain pass

Height: 12,593 ft
County: San Juan County
State: Colorado
Latitude: 37.7953° N
Longitude: 107.5495° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Stony Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Animas River At HowardsvilleHWDC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.8 mi away/9,642 ft/2,951 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Telluride - Lawson Hill (18)CO055

Beside a road/20.8 mi away/8,911 ft/3,682 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Telluride RegionalTEX

At an airfield/22.4 mi away/9,085 ft/3,508 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station GW1216GW1216

In a volunteer observer's own ground/26.8 mi away/9,246 ft/3,347 ft below here