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La Veta, Colorado

Town in Huerfano County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at La Veta

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, San Luis Valley (CO), 48 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at La Veta

None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at La Veta, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest La Veta, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Walsenburg4V1

At an airfield/17.7 mi away/6,049 ft/979 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank990of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

La Veta 5.7 WNWCO-HF-57

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/7,810 ft/782 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Aguilar 18WSWAGRC2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/8,684 ft/1,656 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Walsenburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.7 mi from La Veta, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,300 ft; the ceiling is 4,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Walsenburg, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, the ceiling at 4,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4V1FIG. A THE SKY OVER WALSENBURGSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWalsenburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4V1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4V1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

35.6 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Walsenburg: temperature 35.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4V1FIG. B THE AIR AT WALSENBURGTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.4 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 35.6 F, 33.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEWalsenburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4V1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4V1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Walsenburg, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4V1FIG. C THE WIND AT WALSENBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWalsenburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4V1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4V1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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