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Black Hawk, Colorado

City in Gilpin County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Black Hawk

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Fort Collins (CO), 54 miles off.

27Good
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Black Hawk

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 0.98 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
0.98in

Visibility

How far you can see at Black Hawk, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Black Hawk, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Central City 0.2 NECO-GL-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/8,456 ft/163 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Pickle Gulch, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 3.0 mi from Black Hawk, Colorado. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:24 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

28.0 F with a dew point of 27.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Pickle Gulch: temperature 28.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 27.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PKLC2FIG. B THE AIR AT PICKLE GULCHTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 28.0 F, 27.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEPickle Gulch, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP PKLC2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PKLC2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (358 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pickle Gulch, north up: blowing from 358 degrees, the north, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 3; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PKLC2FIG. C THE WIND AT PICKLE GULCHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 358°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPickle Gulch, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP PKLC2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PKLC2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 9,314 ft above sea level, 29 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 21.13 inHg and the temperature at 25.8 F; it reports 28.0 F, 2.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Pickle Gulch stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 9,314 feet above sea level with 29 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 21.13 inches of mercury, and temperature, 25.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PKLC2FIG. D WHERE PICKLE GULCH STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,00020,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREPICKLE GULCH29 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT9,314 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FT50 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 17,970 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE21.13 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE25.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED28.0 FTITLEPickle Gulch, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP PKLC2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PKLC2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Pickle Gulch, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Aspen Springs Amrad (ASIC2), 2.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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