Citizen station GW1334GW1334
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/5,015 ft/107 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Fort Lupton, Colorado
City in Weld County, Colorado* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures falling to 26 to 32 degrees, coldest over the plains. * WHERE...Front Range Urban Corridor and all of the eastern plains. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
34°
67°/32°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 34°·Light air 2 mph S
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Fort Lupton until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 13 degrees warmer: a high of 80° after 67° today.
Now. Fort Lupton is 34° and mostly clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 26°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 80°, and the coolest Monday, near 75°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:18 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:16 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 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
26Air quality
72%Humidity
15%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
34feels34
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6732
clear day
Sat
Oct 17
8036
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
7843
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7545
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7845
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
8048
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
8050
11%
34°
67°32°
80°36°
78°43°
75°45°
78°45°
80°48°
80°50°
As of 6:00 AM in Fort Lupton, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Fort Lupton
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Denver-Boulder (CO), 18 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good16.2 mi
- Ozone26Good28 ppb18.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good24.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide8Good8.8 ppb18.8 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb18.8 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm20.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fort Lupton
0.12 in in the last 24 hours, 0.33 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.12in
- Last 3 days
- 0.33in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 36%
Visibility
How far you can see at Fort Lupton, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Fort Lupton, ColoradoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Fort Lupton, 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
Rank2,601of 2,650
Platte River BridgeE470D
Beside a road/10.0 mi away/5,010 ft/102 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
South Platte River 0 AT HendersonHNDC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.8 mi away/5,026 ft/118 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
ErieEIK
At an airfield/13.8 mi away/5,130 ft/222 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Boulder 14 W94075
At a climate reference station/39.0 mi away/9,828 ft/4,920 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Fort Lupton 0.1 SWCO-WE-444
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/4,917 ft/9 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Brighton 5WNWBGHC2
At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/5,095 ft/187 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Erie, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.8 mi from Fort Lupton, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
30.7 F with a dew point of 27.3 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Erie, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Brighton 5WNW (BGHC2), 8.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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