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Colorado City, Colorado

Community in Pueblo County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Colorado City

Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Pueblo (CO), 23 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Colorado City

None in the last 24 hours; 0.12 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
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Colorado City, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Colorado City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Walsenburg4V1

At an airfield/17.8 mi away/6,049 ft/131 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank990of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

Colorado City 1.1 ECO-PU-135

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/5,817 ft/101 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Rye 1 SWRYEC2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/7,119 ft/1,201 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,802of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Walsenburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.8 mi from Colorado City, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,300 ft; the ceiling is 4,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Walsenburg, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, the ceiling at 4,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4V1FIG. A THE SKY OVER WALSENBURGSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWalsenburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4V1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4V1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

37.4 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Walsenburg: temperature 37.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4V1FIG. B THE AIR AT WALSENBURGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE 37.4 FDEW POINT 33.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEWalsenburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4V1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4V1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Walsenburg, 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 4V1FIG. C THE WIND AT WALSENBURGPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEWalsenburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4V1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4V1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Rye 1 SW (RYEC2), 6.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 21:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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

Near Colorado City

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

Near Colorado City

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