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Hartsel, Colorado

Community in Park County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Hartsel

Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Aspen (CO), 56 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
  • Ozone38Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Hartsel

None in the last 24 hours; 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hartsel, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hartsel, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Jones HillJNSC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.2 mi away/9,449 ft/571 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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Wilkerson Pass (37)CO027

Beside a road/14.6 mi away/9,464 ft/586 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Wilkerson Pass4BM

At an airfield/15.3 mi away/11,280 ft/2,402 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Citizen station GW5575GW5575

In a volunteer observer's own ground/37.7 mi away/12,322 ft/3,444 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

South Platte RiverANTC2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/8,967 ft/89 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Hartsel 5.7 NWCO-PK-87

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/9,112 ft/234 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Wilkerson Pass, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.3 mi from Hartsel, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:15 PM 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 Wilkerson 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 4BMFIG. A THE SKY OVER WILKERSON 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 MORE0510TITLEWilkerson Pass, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4BMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4BM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 14.0 F, 29 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Wilkerson Pass: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 14.0, 29 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4BMFIG. B THE AIR AT WILKERSON 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 STATION02,0004,0006,0008,0000 F10 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 6,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 8.0 FTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 14.0 FSPREAD 30.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 29 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 POINTTITLEWilkerson Pass, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4BMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4BM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wilkerson Pass, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, 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 4BMFIG. C THE WIND AT WILKERSON PASSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWilkerson Pass, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4BMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4BM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at South Platte River (ANTC2), 5.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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Near Hartsel

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