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Piedra, Colorado

Community in Hinsdale County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Piedra

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Southern Ute Indian Reservation (CO), 53 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone20Good25 ppb17.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.6 ppb17.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Piedra

None in the last 24 hours; 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Piedra, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Piedra, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Pagosa Springs 14.6 NWCO-HD-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/7,679 ft/230 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Vallecito Dam CoopBFDC2

At a dam/22.4 mi away/7,723 ft/186 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Pagosa Springs, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.3 mi from Piedra, Colorado. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pagosa Springs, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PSOFIG. A THE SKY OVER PAGOSA SPRINGSSECTION, 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 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPagosa Springs, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PSOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PSO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 21.2 F, 36 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Pagosa Springs: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 21.2, 36 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PSOFIG. B THE AIR AT PAGOSA SPRINGSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 5,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 16.1 FTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 21.2 FSPREAD 25.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 36 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 POINTTITLEPagosa Springs, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PSOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PSO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pagosa Springs, north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PSOFIG. C THE WIND AT PAGOSA SPRINGSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPagosa Springs, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PSOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PSO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Vallecito Dam Coop (BFDC2), 22.4 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 07:45. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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Near Piedra

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