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Oak Creek, Colorado

Town in Routt County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Oak Creek

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Steamboat Springs (CO), 16 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Oak Creek

None in the last 24 hours; 0.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.45in

Visibility

How far you can see at Oak Creek, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Oak Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Oak Creek 0.4 WCO-RT-64

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/7,473 ft/43 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Yampa Ranger STN. Upper Colorado Ntwk, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.6 mi from Oak Creek, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:00 AM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 7,864 ft above sea level, 25 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 22.34 inHg and the temperature at 31.0 F; it reports -17.7 F, 48.7 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Yampa Ranger STN. Upper Colorado Ntwk stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 7,864 feet above sea level with 25 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 22.34 inches of mercury, and temperature, 31.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YRSC2FIG. D WHERE YAMPA RANGER STN. UPPER COLORADO NTWK 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 ATMOSPHEREYAMPA RANGER STN. UPPER COLORADO NTWK25 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT7,864 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 HERE22.34 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE31.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED-17.7 FTITLEYampa Ranger STN. Upper Colorado Ntwk, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP YRSC2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YRSC2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 41 degrees above the horizon at 40.16 N, and the day is 10 h 58 min long. Level ground there takes 65 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Yampa Ranger STN. Upper Colorado Ntwk, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 41 degrees above the horizon, against 73 at the June solstice, 50 at the equinoxes and 26 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 58 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YRSC2FIG. E THE SUN AT YAMPA RANGER STN. UPPER COLORADO NTWKELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 73°EQUINOXES 50°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 26°OCT 16, 41°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 58 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 65 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 40.16 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEYampa Ranger STN. Upper Colorado Ntwk, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP YRSC2TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YRSC2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 7,864 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:00 AM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Yampa Ranger STN. Upper Colorado Ntwk, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard oct 16, 2026, 10:00 am local time; air temperature, -17.7 f.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YRSC2FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 16, 2026, 10:00 AM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD OCT 16, 2026, 10:00 AM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE-17.7 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLEYampa Ranger STN. Upper Colorado Ntwk, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP YRSC2TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YRSC2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Yampa Ranger STN. Upper Colorado Ntwk, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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