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Stepping Stone, Colorado

Community in Douglas County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Stepping Stone

Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Denver-Boulder (CO), 29 miles off.

65Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate17 mi
  • Ozone28Good22 ppb8.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-
  • Nitrogen dioxide26Good28 ppb18.5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.6 ppb18.9 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-1.2 ppm18.5 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Stepping Stone

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

How far you can see at Stepping Stone, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Stepping Stone, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

FranktownFKTC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.3 mi away/6,221 ft/187 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank648of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

Parker 3.0 WCO-DG-265

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/5,986 ft/48 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

LonetreeLNTC2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/5,906 ft/128 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,550of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Denver/Centennial, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.1 mi from Stepping Stone, Colorado. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 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 Denver/Centennial, 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 APAFIG. A THE SKY OVER DENVER/CENTENNIALSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEDenver/Centennial, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS APATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-APA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

38.0 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Denver/Centennial: temperature 38.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT APAFIG. B THE AIR AT DENVER/CENTENNIALTHE 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 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.5 FTEMPERATURE 38.0 FDEW POINT 31.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEDenver/Centennial, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS APATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-APA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at Denver/Centennial, north up: 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 APAFIG. C THE WIND AT DENVER/CENTENNIALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDenver/Centennial, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS APATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-APA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Lonetree (LNTC2), 4.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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

Near Stepping Stone

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

Near Stepping Stone

River and lake gauges