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Ellicott, Colorado

Community in El Paso County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Ellicott

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Colorado Springs (CO), 14 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good23.1 mi
  • Ozone31Good35 ppb24.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ellicott

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ellicott, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Falcon 6.0 ESECO-EP-164

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.9 mi away/6,535 ft/533 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Ellicott 7SBSQC2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.3 mi away/5,961 ft/41 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,662of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Schriever AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.8 mi from Ellicott, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 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 Schriever AFB, 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 SHMFIG. A THE SKY OVER SCHRIEVER AFBSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESchriever AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SHMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SHM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

36.7 F with a dew point of 29.0 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Schriever AFB: temperature 36.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 29.0, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SHMFIG. B THE AIR AT SCHRIEVER AFBTHE 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 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.4 FTEMPERATURE 36.7 FDEW POINT 29.0 FSPREAD 7.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLESchriever AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SHMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SHM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Schriever AFB, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SHMFIG. C THE WIND AT SCHRIEVER AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESchriever AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SHMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SHM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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