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Cathedral, Colorado

Community in Hinsdale County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Cathedral

Index 11, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Telluride (CO), 45 miles off.

11Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cathedral

None in the last 24 hours; 0.41 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.41in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cathedral, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cathedral, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 12.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

CreedeC24

At an airfield/17.8 mi away/8,645 ft/608 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,790of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

Creede 0.2 SSECO-MN-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.2 mi away/8,812 ft/441 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Lake City 1NNELCIC2

At a cooperative observer's station/16.3 mi away/8,686 ft/567 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Creede, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.8 mi from Cathedral, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 AM 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 Creede, 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 C24FIG. A THE SKY OVER CREEDESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECreede, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS C24TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C24-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

28.2 F with a dew point of 26.2 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 Creede: temperature 28.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.2, 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 C24FIG. B THE AIR AT CREEDETHE 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 F40 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 28.2 F, 26.2 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 POINTTITLECreede, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS C24TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C24-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Creede, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C24FIG. C THE WIND AT CREEDEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECreede, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS C24TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C24-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Creede, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Colorado

41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Cathedral

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

Near Cathedral

River and lake gauges