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Sanford, Colorado

Town in Conejos County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Sanford

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, San Luis Valley (CO), 21 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sanford

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sanford, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Sanford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Sanford 3.3 SCO-CN-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/7,628 ft/28 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Alamosa 2SALBC2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.9 mi away/7,536 ft/64 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Alamosa Muni(AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.7 mi from Sanford, Colorado. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:52 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 Alamosa Muni(AWOS), 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 ALSFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALAMOSA MUNI(AWOS)SECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEAlamosa Muni(AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ALSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

30.0 F with a dew point of 27.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Alamosa Muni(AWOS): temperature 30.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 27.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALSFIG. B THE AIR AT ALAMOSA MUNI(AWOS)THE 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 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.3 FTEMPERATURE 30.0 FDEW POINT 27.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEAlamosa Muni(AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Alamosa Muni(AWOS), north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALSFIG. C THE WIND AT ALAMOSA MUNI(AWOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlamosa Muni(AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Alamosa Muni(AWOS), 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.

Near Sanford

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Sanford

River and lake gauges