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Alma, Colorado

Town in Park County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Alma

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Aspen (CO), 41 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Alma

None in the last 24 hours; 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Alma, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Alma, ColoradoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Alma, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Alma 2.7 NCO-PK-84

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/10,702 ft/324 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Leadville/Lake Co., drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from Alma, Colorado. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Leadville/Lake Co., height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LXVFIG. A THE SKY OVER LEADVILLE/LAKE CO.SECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELeadville/Lake Co., the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LXVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LXV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

24.0 F with a dew point of 22.0 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Leadville/Lake Co.: temperature 24.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 22.0, 92 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LXVFIG. B THE AIR AT LEADVILLE/LAKE CO.THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.6 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 24.0 F, 22.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLELeadville/Lake Co., the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LXVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LXV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Leadville/Lake Co., north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LXVFIG. C THE WIND AT LEADVILLE/LAKE CO.PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELeadville/Lake Co., the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LXVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LXV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Leadville/Lake Co., in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Fairplay S. Park R.D. (FRPC2), 5.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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Near Alma

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Alma

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