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Ordway, Colorado

Town in Crowley County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Ordway

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Pueblo (CO), 45 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ordway

None in the last 24 hours; 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ordway, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ordway, 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 now4 instruments

Bob CreekBCKC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.5 mi away/4,272 ft/43 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank797of 2,650

La Junta MunicipalLHX

At an airfield/17.8 mi away/4,239 ft/76 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Ordway 0.2 SSECO-CR-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/4,322 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

OrdwayORDC2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/4,295 ft/20 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,549of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Bob Creek, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.5 mi from Ordway, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 36.6 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Bob Creek: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.6, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BCKC2FIG. B THE AIR AT BOB CREEKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.1 FTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 36.6 FSPREAD 11.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLEBob Creek, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP BCKC2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCKC2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (345 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Bob Creek, north up: blowing from 345 degrees, the north northwest, 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 BCKC2FIG. C THE WIND AT BOB CREEKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 345°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBob Creek, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP BCKC2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCKC2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,272 ft above sea level, 15 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.58 inHg and the temperature at 43.8 F; it reports 48.2 F, 4.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Bob Creek stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,272 feet above sea level with 15 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.58 inches of mercury, and temperature, 43.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BCKC2FIG. D WHERE BOB CREEK STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBOB CREEK15 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,272 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 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE25.58 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE43.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED48.2 FTITLEBob Creek, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP BCKC2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCKC2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Bob Creek, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Colorado

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Near Ordway

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