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Somerset, Colorado

Community in Gunnison County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Somerset

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Aspen (CO), 39 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Somerset

None in the last 24 hours; 0.94 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
0.94in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Somerset, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

DeltaAJZ

At an airfield/33.4 mi away/5,159 ft/897 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank475of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

Paonia 2.5 NCO-DL-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.4 mi away/6,535 ft/479 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Hotchkiss 5WNWHCHC2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.5 mi away/5,781 ft/275 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank42of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Delta, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 33.4 mi from Somerset, 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.

Section of the sky over Delta, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AJZFIG. A THE SKY OVER DELTASECTION, 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 FTTITLEDelta, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AJZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AJZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

43.5 F with a dew point of 38.7 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Delta: temperature 43.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.7, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AJZFIG. B THE AIR AT DELTATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.6 FTEMPERATURE 43.5 FDEW POINT 38.7 FSPREAD 4.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEDelta, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AJZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AJZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Delta, 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 AJZFIG. C THE WIND AT DELTAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEDelta, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AJZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AJZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Hotchkiss 5WNW (HCHC2), 19.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:40. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Somerset

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

Near Somerset

River and lake gauges