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Stratmoor, Colorado

Community in El Paso County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Stratmoor

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Colorado Springs (CO), 10 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good5.8 mi
  • Ozone28Good31 ppb8.3 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Stratmoor

None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Stratmoor, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Stratmoor, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Colorado Springs 4.7 SSECO-EP-413

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/5,907 ft/59 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Ruxton ParkRUXC2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.5 mi away/9,455 ft/3,607 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank924of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Cheyenne Mountain, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.7 mi from Stratmoor, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:50 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,500 ft, broken at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Cheyenne Mountain, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWNFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHEYENNE MOUNTAINSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 3,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECheyenne Mountain, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CWNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CWN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

39.2 F with a dew point of 30.2 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; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Cheyenne Mountain: temperature 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWNFIG. B THE AIR AT CHEYENNE MOUNTAINTHE 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 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,500 FTTEMPERATURE 39.2 FDEW POINT 30.2 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 POINTTITLECheyenne Mountain, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CWNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CWN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Cheyenne Mountain, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWNFIG. C THE WIND AT CHEYENNE MOUNTAINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECheyenne Mountain, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CWNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CWN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Ruxton Park (RUXC2), 11.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 10:00. measured daily

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