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Silt, Colorado

Town in Garfield County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Silt

Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Colorado River Valley (CO), 16 miles off.

10Good
  • Ozone10Good8 ppb7.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Silt

None in the last 24 hours; 0.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.85in

Visibility

How far you can see at Silt, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Silt, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Silt (7)CO084

Beside a road/1.2 mi away/5,369 ft/105 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank2,241of 2,688

Rifle RAWSRFEC2

A remote fire weather station/5.9 mi away/6,158 ft/684 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank657of 2,688

measured daily2 instruments

Silt 3.2 SCO-GF-105

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/5,659 ft/185 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank1,838of 2,688

Rifle 3ENERIEC2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/5,446 ft/28 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,504of 2,688

Station report

The weather at Rifle/Garfield Rgnl, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.4 mi from Silt, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:53 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 Rifle/Garfield Rgnl, 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 RILFIG. A THE SKY OVER RIFLE/GARFIELD RGNLSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLERifle/Garfield Rgnl, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RILTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RIL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Rifle/Garfield Rgnl: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.0, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RILFIG. B THE AIR AT RIFLE/GARFIELD RGNLTHE 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 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.1 FTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 35.0 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 POINTTITLERifle/Garfield Rgnl, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RILTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RIL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Rifle/Garfield Rgnl, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the 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 RILFIG. C THE WIND AT RIFLE/GARFIELD RGNLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERifle/Garfield Rgnl, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RILTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RIL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Rifle/Garfield Rgnl, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Rifle 3ENE (RIEC2), 4.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

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