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Rye, Colorado

Town in Pueblo County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Rye

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Pueblo (CO), 28 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rye

None in the last 24 hours; 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 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 Rye, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rye, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Walsenburg4V1

At an airfield/17.7 mi away/6,049 ft/783 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank990of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

Rye 0.1 NWCO-PU-157

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.0 mi away/6,847 ft/15 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Rye 1 SWRYEC2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/7,119 ft/287 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,802of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Walsenburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.7 mi from Rye, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,700 ft; the ceiling is 3,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Walsenburg, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, the ceiling at 3,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4V1FIG. A THE SKY OVER WALSENBURGSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWalsenburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4V1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4V1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

35.6 F with a dew point of 28.4 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Walsenburg: temperature 35.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.4, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4V1FIG. B THE AIR AT WALSENBURGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,700 FTTEMPERATURE 35.6 FDEW POINT 28.4 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLEWalsenburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4V1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4V1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Walsenburg, 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 4V1FIG. C THE WIND AT WALSENBURGPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEWalsenburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4V1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4V1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Rye 1 SW (RYEC2), 1.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 21:00. measured daily

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