Citizen station CW6531CW6531
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/4,906 ft/99 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Mead, Colorado
Town in Weld County, Colorado* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures falling to 26 to 32 degrees, coldest over the plains. * WHERE...Front Range Urban Corridor and all of the eastern plains. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
39°
59°/30°
Clear·
Feels like 39°·Light air 2 mph NNE
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Mead until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 18 degrees warmer: a high of 77° after 59° today.
Now. Mead is 39° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 79°, and the coolest Monday, near 72°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:17 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
41Air quality
74%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
39feels39
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5930
clear day
Sat
Oct 17
7733
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
7640
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
7242
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7642
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7945
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7748
11%
39°
59°30°
77°33°
76°40°
72°42°
76°42°
79°45°
77°48°
As of 1:00 AM in Mead, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Mead
Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Fort Collins (CO), 18 miles off.
41Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good7.4 mi
- Ozone41Good13 ppb16.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-21.1 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm17.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mead
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.73 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Last 3 days
- 0.73in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 15%
Visibility
How far you can see at Mead, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Mead, ColoradoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Mead, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank2,263of 2,650
Del Camino (43)CO052
Beside a road/4.3 mi away/4,788 ft/217 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Saint Vrain Creek 2 NNW PlattevillePTLC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.5 mi away/4,764 ft/241 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/10.0 mi away/5,056 ft/51 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Boulder 14 W94075
At a climate reference station/31.9 mi away/9,828 ft/4,823 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Longmont 4.9 ENECO-BO-587
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/5,092 ft/87 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FirestoneFSNC2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/4,871 ft/134 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Longmont/Vbrand, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 10.0 mi from Mead, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
40.0 F with a dew point of 32.4 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Longmont/Vbrand, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Firestone (FSNC2), 5.8 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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