Storm Station
Colorado City, Colorado
57°
Mostly clear· Feels like 57°·Light breeze 5 mph SSW
Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 0 to 15 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
35%Humidity
24%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Colorado City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Colorado City RAWSCCYC2

A remote fire weather station/1.5 mi away/6,122 ft/204 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank189of 1,384

I-25 @ Apache City (87)CO029

Beside a road/6.3 mi away/5,885 ft/33 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank1,315of 1,384

Walsenburg4V1

At an airfield/17.8 mi away/6,049 ft/131 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank925of 1,384

measured daily2 instruments

Colorado City 1.1 ECO-PU-135

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/5,817 ft/101 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Rye 1 SWRYEC2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/7,119 ft/1,201 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Walsenburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.8 mi from Colorado City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:15 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 Walsenburg, 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 4V1FIG. A THE SKY OVER WALSENBURGSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWalsenburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4V1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-4V1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 51 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Walsenburg: temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 51 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4V1FIG. B THE AIR AT WALSENBURGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 4,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.3 FTEMPERATURE 57.2 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 18.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 51 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 POINTTITLEWalsenburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4V1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-4V1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Walsenburg, north up: at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4V1FIG. C THE WIND AT WALSENBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWalsenburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4V1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-4V1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Rye 1 SW (RYEC2), 6.2 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 21:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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Near Colorado City

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