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Sunshine, Colorado

Community in Boulder County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Sunshine

Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Denver-Boulder (CO), 21 miles off.

43Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good6.7 mi
  • Ozone40Good14 ppb7.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good6.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 12 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Sunshine

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Sunshine, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 12 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Sunshine, 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 now5 instruments

Ward (35)CO044

Beside a road/6.8 mi away/9,155 ft/1,820 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank2,667of 2,688

BoulderBDU

At an airfield/7.9 mi away/5,289 ft/2,046 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,441of 2,688

measured daily2 instruments

Jamestown 2.5 SSECO-BO-415

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/7,020 ft/315 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Lyons 7STHUC2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/5,735 ft/1,600 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,560of 2,688

Station report

The weather at Boulder, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.9 mi from Sunshine, Colorado. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 5:15 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 Boulder, 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 BDUFIG. A THE SKY OVER BOULDERSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBoulder, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BDUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BDU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

37.4 F with a dew point of 28.4 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 Boulder: temperature 37.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.4, 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 BDUFIG. B THE AIR AT BOULDERTHE 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 26.5 FTEMPERATURE 37.4 FDEW POINT 28.4 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 POINTTITLEBoulder, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BDUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BDU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Boulder, 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 BDUFIG. C THE WIND AT BOULDERPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEBoulder, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BDUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BDU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Lyons 7S (THUC2), 5.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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

Near Sunshine

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

Near Sunshine

River and lake gauges