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Lakewood, Colorado

City in Jefferson County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Lakewood

Index 40, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Denver-Boulder (CO), 14 miles off.

40Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)40Good5 mi
  • Ozone32Good23 ppb7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)38Good23.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide33Good35.2 ppb5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.6 ppb7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.6 ppm5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lakewood

None in the last 24 hours; 0.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.85in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lakewood, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Lakewood, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Lakewood 1.2 NECO-JF-508

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/5,552 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

AmradLKEC2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.0 mi away/5,479 ft/70 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,336of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Broomfield/Jeffco, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.2 mi from Lakewood, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Broomfield/Jeffco, height above the station to scale: a clear sky, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BJCFIG. A THE SKY OVER BROOMFIELD/JEFFCOSECTION, 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 STATIONCLEARVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBroomfield/Jeffco, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BJCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BJC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

37.4 F with a dew point of 24.8 F, 60 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Broomfield/Jeffco: temperature 37.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 24.8, 60 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BJCFIG. B THE AIR AT BROOMFIELD/JEFFCOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 22.1 FTEMPERATURE 37.4 FDEW POINT 24.8 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 60 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 POINTTITLEBroomfield/Jeffco, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BJCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BJC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Broomfield/Jeffco, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BJCFIG. C THE WIND AT BROOMFIELD/JEFFCOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBroomfield/Jeffco, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BJCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BJC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Amrad (LKEC2), 2.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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Near Lakewood

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