Storm Station
Cortez, Colorado
63°
Mostly clear· Feels like 63°·Light air 3 mph SW
Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. East northeast wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
34%Humidity
25%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cortez, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Cortez/Montezuma CoCEZ

At an airfield/4.1 mi away/5,915 ft/276 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,384

Co Cortez 8 SECEZC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.7 mi away/8,051 ft/1,860 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank529of 1,384

Cortez 8 SE03061

At a climate reference station/8.2 mi away/8,034 ft/1,843 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

Durango (22)CO058

Beside a road/38.7 mi away/6,439 ft/248 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank1,235of 1,384

measured daily2 instruments

Cortez 0.5 SSWCO-MZ-63

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/6,169 ft/22 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

CortezCTZC2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/6,166 ft/25 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Cortez/Montezuma Co, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.1 mi from Cortez. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 10,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Cortez/Montezuma Co, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CEZFIG. A THE SKY OVER CORTEZ/MONTEZUMA COSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTFEW 10,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECortez/Montezuma Co, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CEZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CEZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 10,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Cortez/Montezuma Co: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 10,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CEZFIG. B THE AIR AT CORTEZ/MONTEZUMA COTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.3 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 10,000 FTTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 45.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLECortez/Montezuma Co, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CEZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CEZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Cortez/Montezuma Co, 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 CEZFIG. C THE WIND AT CORTEZ/MONTEZUMA COPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECortez/Montezuma Co, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CEZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CEZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Cortez/Montezuma Co, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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