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Orchard City, Colorado

Town in Delta County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Orchard City

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Grand Junction (CO), 36 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good7 mi
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Orchard City

None in the last 24 hours; 0.82 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
0.82in

Visibility

How far you can see at Orchard City, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Orchard City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

DeltaAJZ

At an airfield/5.1 mi away/5,159 ft/191 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Jay RAWSJAYC2

A remote fire weather station/13.0 mi away/6,053 ft/703 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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Citizen station EW5825EW5825

In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.4 mi away/5,809 ft/459 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

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Montrose 11 ENE03060

At a climate reference station/24.4 mi away/8,402 ft/3,052 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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Palisade (6)CO097

Beside a road/28.5 mi away/4,697 ft/653 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Eckert 0.7 WNWCO-DL-72

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/5,602 ft/252 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Cedaredge 1ECDGC2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/6,691 ft/1,341 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Delta, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.1 mi from Orchard City, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft.

Section of the sky over Delta, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AJZFIG. A THE SKY OVER DELTASECTION, 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 STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTTITLEDelta, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AJZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AJZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

41.0 F with a dew point of 33.6 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Delta: temperature 41.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.6, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AJZFIG. B THE AIR AT DELTATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.0 FTEMPERATURE 41.0 FDEW POINT 33.6 FSPREAD 7.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLEDelta, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AJZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AJZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Delta, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, at 6 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 AJZFIG. C THE WIND AT DELTAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDelta, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AJZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AJZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Cedaredge 1E (CDGC2), 7.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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Near Orchard City

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