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Center, Colorado

Town in Saguache County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Center

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, San Luis Valley (CO), 18 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Center

None in the last 24 hours; 0.29 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
0.29in

Visibility

How far you can see at Center, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Center, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Del NorteRCV

At an airfield/13.4 mi away/7,913 ft/268 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank12of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

Center 0.5 NECO-SA-37

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/7,631 ft/14 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Monte VistaMVSC2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.0 mi away/7,671 ft/26 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank35of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Del Norte, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.4 mi from Center, Colorado. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 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 Del Norte, 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 RCVFIG. A THE SKY OVER DEL NORTESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEDel Norte, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RCVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

33.8 F with a dew point of 28.2 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Del Norte: temperature 33.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.2, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCVFIG. B THE AIR AT DEL NORTETHE 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 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.9 FTEMPERATURE 33.8 FDEW POINT 28.2 FSPREAD 5.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEDel Norte, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RCVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Del Norte, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCVFIG. C THE WIND AT DEL NORTEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDel Norte, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RCVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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