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Idaho Springs, Colorado

City in Clear Creek County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Idaho Springs

Index 50, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Denver-Boulder (CO), 28 miles off.

50Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good23.1 mi
  • Ozone44Good52 ppb18.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)50Good23.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 12 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Idaho Springs

None in the last 24 hours; 0.23 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.23in

Visibility

How far you can see at Idaho Springs, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 12 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Idaho Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

DumontDMTC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.6 mi away/7,962 ft/421 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank2,571of 2,688

measured daily2 instruments

Idaho Springs 0.2 ESECO-CC-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/7,582 ft/41 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at 070E23905RWS1RHS - 0.2 mi E of S CO US CDOT, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 0.9 mi from Idaho Springs, Colorado. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 7:30 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

38.8 F with a dew point of 15.4 F, 38 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at 070E23905RWS1RHS - 0.2 mi E of S CO US CDOT: temperature 38.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 15.4, 38 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CO190FIG. B THE AIR AT 070E23905RWS1RHS - 0.2 MI E OF S CO US CDOTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0000 F10 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 5,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 10.7 FTEMPERATURE 38.8 FDEW POINT 15.4 FSPREAD 23.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 38 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 POINTTITLE070E23905RWS1RHS - 0.2 mi E of S CO US CDOT, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS CO190TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CO190-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 11 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at 070E23905RWS1RHS - 0.2 mi E of S CO US CDOT, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 11 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CO190FIG. C THE WIND AT 070E23905RWS1RHS - 0.2 MI E OF S CO US CDOTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 11 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLE070E23905RWS1RHS - 0.2 mi E of S CO US CDOT, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS CO190TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CO190-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 7,605 ft above sea level, 25 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 22.56 inHg and the temperature at 31.9 F; it reports 38.8 F, 7.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where 070E23905RWS1RHS - 0.2 mi E of S CO US CDOT stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 7,605 feet above sea level with 25 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 22.56 inches of mercury, and temperature, 31.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CO190FIG. D WHERE 070E23905RWS1RHS - 0.2 MI E OF S CO US CDOT STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,00020,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERE070E23905RWS1RHS - 0.2 MI E OF S CO US CDOT25 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT7,605 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FT50 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 17,970 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE22.56 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE31.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED38.8 FTITLE070E23905RWS1RHS - 0.2 mi E of S CO US CDOT, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS CO190TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CO190-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of 070E23905RWS1RHS - 0.2 mi E of S CO US CDOT, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Aspen Springs Amrad (ASIC2), 6.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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

Near Idaho Springs

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

Near Idaho Springs

River and lake gauges