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Silver Cliff, Colorado

Town in Custer County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Silver Cliff

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, San Luis Valley (CO), 46 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Silver Cliff

None in the last 24 hours; 0.22 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
0.22in

Visibility

How far you can see at Silver Cliff, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 12 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Silver Cliff, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

WestcliffeWSTC2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/7,813 ft/190 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank35of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Westcliffe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.1 mi from Silver Cliff, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM 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 Westcliffe, 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 C08FIG. A THE SKY OVER WESTCLIFFESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWestcliffe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS C08TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C08-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

26.6 F with a dew point of 23.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Westcliffe: temperature 26.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C08FIG. B THE AIR AT WESTCLIFFETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 22.2 FTEMPERATURE 26.6 FDEW POINT 23.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEWestcliffe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS C08TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C08-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (100 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Westcliffe, north up: blowing from 100 degrees, the east, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C08FIG. C THE WIND AT WESTCLIFFEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 100°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWestcliffe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS C08TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C08-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Westcliffe (WSTC2), 2.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 19:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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