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Upper Bear Creek, Colorado

Community in Clear Creek County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Upper Bear Creek

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Fort Collins (CO), 63 miles off.

22Good
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Upper Bear Creek

None in the last 24 hours; 0.89 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.89in

Visibility

How far you can see at Upper Bear Creek, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Upper Bear Creek, ColoradoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Upper Bear Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Evergreen 3.5 WCO-CC-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/7,678 ft/45 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

EvergreenEVGC2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/7,087 ft/636 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank201of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Dakota Hills, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.6 mi from Upper Bear Creek, Colorado. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 6:50 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Dakota Hills, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C99FIG. A THE SKY OVER DAKOTA HILLSSECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDakota Hills, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS C99TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C99-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

26.0 F with a dew point of 25.5 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dakota Hills: temperature 26.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 25.5, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C99FIG. B THE AIR AT DAKOTA HILLSTHE 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 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.3 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 26.0 F, 25.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEDakota Hills, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS C99TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C99-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dakota Hills, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 8 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 C99FIG. C THE WIND AT DAKOTA HILLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDakota Hills, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS C99TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C99-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Evergreen (EVGC2), 4.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:45. measured daily

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Near Upper Bear Creek

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