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Rocky Ford, Colorado

City in Otero County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Rocky Ford

Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Pueblo (CO), 49 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rocky Ford

None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 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
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rocky Ford, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rocky Ford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Bob CreekBCKC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/4,272 ft/87 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank797of 2,650

La Junta MunicipalLHX

At an airfield/11.4 mi away/4,239 ft/54 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Rocky Ford 0.2 ENECO-OT-34

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/4,186 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Rocky Ford 2SEROCC2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/4,206 ft/21 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Citizen station FW6222, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 3.2 mi from Rocky Ford, Colorado. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the north (349 degrees) at 4 mph, gusting 8 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station FW6222, north up: blowing from 349 degrees, the north, at 4 miles an hour, gusting 8; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW6222FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION FW6222PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 349°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station FW6222, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW6222TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW6222-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,156 ft above sea level, 14 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.69 inHg and the temperature at 44.2 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.64 inHg means its barometer reads 26.31 inHg; it reports 42.0 F, 2.2 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station FW6222 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,156 feet above sea level with 14 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.69 inches of mercury, and temperature, 44.2 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.64 and the station pressure it means, 26.31.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW6222FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION FW6222 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION FW622214 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,156 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 HERE25.69 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE44.2 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.64 inHgITS BAROMETER READS26.31 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED42.0 FTITLECitizen station FW6222, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW6222TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW6222-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 43 degrees above the horizon at 38.03 N, and the day is 11 h 02 min long. Level ground there takes 68 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station FW6222, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 43 degrees above the horizon, against 75 at the June solstice, 52 at the equinoxes and 29 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 02 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW6222FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION FW6222ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 75°EQUINOXES 52°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 29°OCT 16, 43°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 02 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 68 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 38.03 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station FW6222, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW6222TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW6222-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station FW6222, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Rocky Ford 2SE (ROCC2), 1.7 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 09:00. measured daily

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