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Estes Park, Colorado

Town in Larimer County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Estes Park

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Fort Collins (CO), 27 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone28Good25 ppb24.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Estes Park

0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.93 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.11in
Last 3 days
0.93in

Visibility

How far you can see at Estes Park, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Estes Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Estes Park 0.6 ECO-LR-738

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/7,582 ft/90 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Estes ParkEPKC2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/7,612 ft/60 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank209of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Longmont/Vbrand, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.2 mi from Estes Park, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Longmont/Vbrand, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, the ceiling at 3,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LMOFIG. A THE SKY OVER LONGMONT/VBRANDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELongmont/Vbrand, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LMOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LMO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

36.0 F with a dew point of 28.6 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Longmont/Vbrand: temperature 36.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.6, 74 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LMOFIG. B THE AIR AT LONGMONT/VBRANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,000 FTTEMPERATURE 36.0 FDEW POINT 28.6 FSPREAD 7.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLELongmont/Vbrand, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LMOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LMO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Longmont/Vbrand, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LMOFIG. C THE WIND AT LONGMONT/VBRANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELongmont/Vbrand, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LMOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LMO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Longmont/Vbrand, 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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