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Empire, Colorado

Town in Clear Creek County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Empire

Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Denver-Boulder (CO), 35 miles off.

65Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate-
  • Ozone28Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Empire

None in the last 24 hours; 0.71 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
0.71in

Visibility

How far you can see at Empire, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Empire, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Berthoud Pass0CO

At an airfield/5.0 mi away/12,441 ft/3,844 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

Dumont 2.7 NWCO-CC-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/9,331 ft/734 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

GeorgetownGEOC2

At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/8,507 ft/90 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,496of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Berthoud Pass, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.0 mi from Empire, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 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 Berthoud Pass, 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 0COFIG. A THE SKY OVER BERTHOUD PASSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBerthoud Pass, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 0COTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0CO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

15.8 F with a dew point of 15.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Berthoud Pass: temperature 15.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 15.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0COFIG. B THE AIR AT BERTHOUD PASSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0000 F10 F20 F30 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 15.8 F, 15.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEBerthoud Pass, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0COTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0CO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Berthoud Pass, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, at 6 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 0COFIG. C THE WIND AT BERTHOUD PASSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBerthoud Pass, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0COTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0CO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Georgetown (GEOC2), 3.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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

Near Empire

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

Near Empire

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