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Rico, Colorado

Town in Dolores County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Rico

Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Telluride (CO), 21 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Rico

None in the last 24 hours; 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rico, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rico, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Rico 0.4 NCO-DR-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/8,832 ft/23 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank1,853of 2,688

TellurideTELC2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.7 mi away/8,669 ft/140 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Telluride Regional, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.2 mi from Rico, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:55 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 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TEX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Telluride Regional: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station; 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 F50 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.8 FTEMPERATURE 42.8 FDEW POINT 33.8 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TEX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Telluride Regional, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, 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 TEXFIG. C THE WIND AT TELLURIDE REGIONALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETelluride Regional, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TEXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-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

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Near Rico

River and lake gauges