Citizen station EW7762EW7762
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/4,905 ft/73 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Eaton until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 18 degrees warmer: a high of 77° after 59° today.
Now. Eaton is 37° and clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 30°. The dew point is 27°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 11 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 30° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 80°, and the coolest Monday, near 74°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:14 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Eaton, Colorado.
Air quality
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Greeley (CO), 4 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 13, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.29 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Eaton, ColoradoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 8 instruments nearest Eaton, 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 now6 instruments
Citizen station EW7762EW7762
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/4,905 ft/73 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/7.6 mi away/4,659 ft/173 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Centennial 2NECEIC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.5 mi away/5,050 ft/218 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
025S26595RWS1RHS - 0.6 miles N o CO US CDOTCO226
Beside a road/14.6 mi away/4,859 ft/27 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Nunn 7 NNE94074
At a climate reference station/19.0 mi away/5,390 ft/558 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
CperS2197
At a soil climate station/20.5 mi away/5,330 ft/498 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Eaton 0.8 WNWCO-WE-423
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/4,845 ft/13 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
CR66GEYC2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.1 mi away/4,731 ft/101 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 7.6 mi from Eaton, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.
40.0 F with a dew point of 27.0 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.
From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.