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Placerville, Colorado

Community in San Miguel County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Placerville

Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Telluride (CO), 13 miles off.

12Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Placerville

None in the last 24 hours; 0.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.85in

Visibility

How far you can see at Placerville, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Placerville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Telluride 3.7 WCO-SM-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.6 mi away/8,869 ft/1,436 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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TellurideTELC2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/8,669 ft/1,236 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Telluride Regional, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.9 mi from Placerville, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM 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 Telluride Regional, 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 TEXFIG. A THE SKY OVER TELLURIDE REGIONALSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLETelluride Regional, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TEXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TEX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

30.2 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Telluride Regional: temperature 30.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TEXFIG. B THE AIR AT TELLURIDE REGIONALTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 30.2 F, 30.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLETelluride Regional, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TEXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TEX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Telluride Regional, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TEXFIG. C THE WIND AT TELLURIDE REGIONALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETelluride Regional, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TEXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TEX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Colorado

41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

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Near Placerville

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