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Holly, Colorado

Town in Prowers County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Holly

Index 8, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Lamar (CO), 27 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Holly

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

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Holly, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Holly, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Bristol 2NBHMC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.1 mi away/3,593 ft/196 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,564of 2,650

LamarLAA

At an airfield/30.6 mi away/3,619 ft/222 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2,055of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

Holly 0.4 SWCO-PW-52

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/3,399 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HollyHLYC2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/3,389 ft/8 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,573of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Lamar, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 30.6 mi from Holly, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:53 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 Lamar, 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 LAAFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAMARSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELamar, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LAATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 21.0 F, 24 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lamar: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 21.0, 24 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 8,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LAAFIG. B THE AIR AT LAMARTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,0000 F20 F40 F60 FSATURATES 8,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 13.9 FTEMPERATURE 57.0 FDEW POINT 21.0 FSPREAD 36.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 24 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 POINTTITLELamar, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LAATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lamar, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LAAFIG. C THE WIND AT LAMARPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELamar, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LAATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Holly (HLYC2), 0.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

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Near Holly

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