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Crestone, Colorado

Town in Saguache County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Crestone

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, San Luis Valley (CO), 31 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Crestone

None in the last 24 hours; 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Crestone, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Crestone, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

CrestoneCSTC2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/8,209 ft/300 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank630of 2,688

Station report

The weather at Westcliffe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.8 mi from Crestone, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 3,500 ft, scattered at 4,200 ft, broken at 4,900 ft; the ceiling is 4,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Westcliffe, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,900 feet, the ceiling at 4,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C08FIG. A THE SKY OVER WESTCLIFFESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 4,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 3,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWestcliffe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS C08TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-C08-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

30.2 F with a dew point of 14.0 F, 50 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Westcliffe: temperature 30.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 14.0, 50 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C08FIG. B THE AIR AT WESTCLIFFETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0000 F10 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 3,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 10.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 3,500 FTTEMPERATURE 30.2 FDEW POINT 14.0 FSPREAD 16.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 50 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 POINTTITLEWestcliffe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS C08TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-C08-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Westcliffe, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C08FIG. C THE WIND AT WESTCLIFFEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWestcliffe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS C08TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-C08-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Crestone (CSTC2), 1.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:58. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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Near Crestone

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