Storm Station

Cottonwood Pass, Colorado

Mountain pass in Chaffee County, Colorado, at 12,116 ft
36° 37°/30°
Rain· Feels like 26°·Moderate breeze 16 mph E

Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees warmer: a high of 46° after 37° today.

Now. Cottonwood Pass is 36° and rain at 2 PM. With the wind it feels like 26°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east at 16 mph.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 55°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 46°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:50 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 79% lit, and rises at 8:55 PM. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The day is 11 hours 51 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

-UV
-Air quality
100%Humidity
93%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
36feels26
16mph
now, rain
Today
Sep 30
3730
92%
15mph
snow showers
Thu
Oct 1
4629
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 2
5532
clear day
Sat
Oct 3
5533
clear day
Sun
Oct 4
5433
clear day
Mon
Oct 5
5232
clear day
Tue
Oct 6
4931
21%
thunderstorm
36°
37°30°
46°29°
55°32°
55°33°
54°33°
52°32°
49°31°

As of 8:00 AM in Cottonwood Pass, Colorado.

Mountain pass

Height
12,116 ft
County
Chaffee County
State
Colorado
Latitude
38.8278° N
Longitude
106.4092° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cottonwood Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Saint Elmo SnotelCTEC2

A snow pillow on a mountain/9.1 mi away/10,540 ft/1,576 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Cottonwood Pass7BM

At an airfield/10.8 mi away/9,826 ft/2,290 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Independence Pass (10)CO094

Beside a road/20.7 mi away/11,834 ft/282 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Taylor ParkTRBC2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/9,334 ft/2,782 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Buena Vista 4.7 WNWCO-CF-72

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.8 mi away/8,917 ft/3,199 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Snow on the ground

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