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Eckley, Colorado

Town in Yuma County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Eckley

Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Goodland (KS), 68 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Eckley

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Eckley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Yuma2V6

At an airfield/11.9 mi away/4,120 ft/223 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank523of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

Wray 10.4 WSWCO-YU-122

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/3,879 ft/18 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

YumaYUMC2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.3 mi away/4,144 ft/247 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Yuma, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.9 mi from Eckley, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:14 AM 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 Yuma, 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 2V6FIG. A THE SKY OVER YUMASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEYuma, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 2V6TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2V6-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

32.0 F with a dew point of 23.0 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Yuma: temperature 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.0, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2V6FIG. B THE AIR AT YUMATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.1 FTEMPERATURE 32.0 FDEW POINT 23.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 POINTTITLEYuma, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2V6TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2V6-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Yuma, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 10 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 2V6FIG. C THE WIND AT YUMAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEYuma, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2V6TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2V6-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Colorado

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