Arkansas River At Catlin Dam Near Olney Springs Near Fowler 6E (FWLC2
At a dam/2.8 mi away/4,287 ft/86 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Olney Springs, Colorado
Town in Crowley County, ColoradoFreeze Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Frost Advisory, temperatures may briefly dip into the lower to mid 30s resulting in frost formation or a light freeze. For the Freeze Watch, a longer period of sub-freezing temperatures in the mid 20s to around 30 degrees will be possible. * WHERE...Eastern Fremont, Pueblo, Crowley, Otero, Las Animas, Huerfano, Bent, Prowers and Baca Counties. * WHEN...For the Frost Advisory, from 2 AM to 9 AM MDT Friday. For the Freeze Watch, from late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The coldest readings will occur Friday night into Saturday morning with a killing freeze possible, which could bring an end to the growing season.
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.
45°
59°/42°
Clear·
Feels like 42°·Light breeze 6 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Olney Springs until 9 AM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Olney Springs is 45° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 34° by 7 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 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 28°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
73%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
45feels42
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5942
29mph
Fri
Oct 16
5734
14mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7028
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7436
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
7243
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7843
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
8150
partly cloudy day
45°
59°42°
57°34°
70°28°
74°36°
72°43°
78°43°
81°50°
As of 10:00 PM in Olney Springs, Colorado.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Olney Springs
None in the last 24 hours; 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.15in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Olney Springs, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Olney Springs, ColoradoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Olney Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank567of 2,650
Citizen station FW6222FW6222
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.6 mi away/4,156 ft/217 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
La Junta 17 WSW03063
At a climate reference station/22.2 mi away/4,386 ft/13 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
At an airfield/24.8 mi away/4,239 ft/134 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Crowley 0.2 ECO-CR-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/4,352 ft/21 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
OrdwayORDC2
At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/4,295 ft/78 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Arkansas River At Catlin Dam Near Olney Springs Near Fowler 6E (, drawn
The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.8 mi from Olney Springs, Colorado. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:30 PM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.
The column
At 4,287 ft above sea level, 15 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.57 inHg and the temperature at 43.7 F; it reports 48.5 F, 4.8 F warmer than standard.
The sun
On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 43 degrees above the horizon at 38.13 N, and the day is 11 h 02 min long. Level ground there takes 68 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.
The instrument
A data collection platform, 4,287 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:30 PM local time is written on the sensors that made it.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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Near Olney Springs
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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