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Walden, Colorado

Town in Jackson County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Walden

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Medicine Bow National Forest (WY), 44 miles off.

30Good
  • Ozone30Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Walden

0.28 in in the last 24 hours, 0.33 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.28in
Last 3 days
0.33in

Visibility

How far you can see at Walden, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Walden, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Walden33V

At an airfield/1.5 mi away/8,150 ft/42 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank977of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

Walden 0.2 SCO-JK-36

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/8,120 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank288of 2,650

WaldenWLDC2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/8,156 ft/48 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank427of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Walden, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.5 mi from Walden, Colorado. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:15 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 Walden, 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 33VFIG. A THE SKY OVER WALDENSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWalden, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 33VTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-33V-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

32.0 F with a dew point of 26.6 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Walden: temperature 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.6, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 33VFIG. B THE AIR AT WALDENTHE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.4 FTEMPERATURE 32.0 FDEW POINT 26.6 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEWalden, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 33VTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-33V-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Walden, 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 33VFIG. C THE WIND AT WALDENPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEWalden, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 33VTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-33V-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

2in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Walden (WLDC2), 0.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:00. measured daily

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