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Shaw Heights, Colorado

Community in Adams County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Shaw Heights

Index 79, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Denver-Boulder (CO), 3 miles off.

79Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)79Moderate5.8 mi
  • Ozone28Good10 ppb5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good16 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide18Good19.4 ppb5.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb5 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.6 ppm5.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Shaw Heights

None in the last 24 hours; 0.56 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
0.56in

Visibility

How far you can see at Shaw Heights, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Shaw Heights, 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 now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Westminster 2.0 SSECO-AD-156

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/5,506 ft/12 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

NorthglennNRTC2

At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/5,377 ft/141 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,476of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Broomfield/Jeffco, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.4 mi from Shaw Heights, Colorado. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 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 Broomfield/Jeffco, 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 BJCFIG. A THE SKY OVER BROOMFIELD/JEFFCOSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBroomfield/Jeffco, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BJCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BJC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Broomfield/Jeffco: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BJCFIG. B THE AIR AT BROOMFIELD/JEFFCOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.7 FTEMPERATURE 42.8 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 POINTTITLEBroomfield/Jeffco, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BJCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BJC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (100 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Broomfield/Jeffco, north up: blowing from 100 degrees, the east, at 5 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 BJCFIG. C THE WIND AT BROOMFIELD/JEFFCOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 100°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBroomfield/Jeffco, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BJCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BJC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Northglenn (NRTC2), 3.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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