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Collbran, Colorado

Town in Mesa County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Collbran

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Colorado River Valley (CO), 18 miles off.

17Good
  • Ozone17Good23 ppb20.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Collbran

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
1.30in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Collbran, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Collbran COOPCBNC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/0.3 mi away/5,988 ft/32 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Mesa 6SMSXC2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/7,759 ft/1,739 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,006of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Rifle/Garfield Rgnl, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.4 mi from Collbran, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft.

Section of the sky over Rifle/Garfield Rgnl, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RILFIG. A THE SKY OVER RIFLE/GARFIELD RGNLSECTION, 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 FTTITLERifle/Garfield Rgnl, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RILTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RIL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

37.0 F with a dew point of 34.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Rifle/Garfield Rgnl: temperature 37.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RILFIG. B THE AIR AT RIFLE/GARFIELD RGNLTHE 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 F50 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.3 FTEMPERATURE 37.0 FDEW POINT 34.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLERifle/Garfield Rgnl, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RILTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RIL-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 Rifle/Garfield Rgnl, 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 RILFIG. C THE WIND AT RIFLE/GARFIELD RGNLPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLERifle/Garfield Rgnl, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RILTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RIL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Rifle/Garfield Rgnl, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Mesa 6S (MSXC2), 13.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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

Near Collbran

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

Near Collbran

River and lake gauges