Storm Station
Cripple Creek, Colorado
62°
Mostly clear· Feels like 62°·Light breeze 7 mph S
Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Northwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
31%Humidity
28%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cripple Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Glen Cove SnotelGLNC2

A snow pillow on a mountain/10.5 mi away/11,460 ft/1,948 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,191of 1,384

Cheyenne MountainCWN

At an airfield/17.8 mi away/7,309 ft/2,203 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank57of 1,384

measured daily2 instruments

Cripple Creek 0.9 NWCO-TL-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/9,849 ft/337 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Cripple Creek 3NNWCPCC2

At a cooperative observer's station/3.4 mi away/9,242 ft/270 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Cheyenne Mountain, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.8 mi from Cripple Creek. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:55 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 Cheyenne Mountain, 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 CWNFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHEYENNE MOUNTAINSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECheyenne Mountain, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CWNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CWN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 34.7 F, 36 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Cheyenne Mountain: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.7, 36 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWNFIG. B THE AIR AT CHEYENNE MOUNTAINTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 6,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.0 FTEMPERATURE 62.0 FDEW POINT 34.7 FSPREAD 27.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 36 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 POINTTITLECheyenne Mountain, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CWNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CWN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Cheyenne Mountain, 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 CWNFIG. C THE WIND AT CHEYENNE MOUNTAINPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECheyenne Mountain, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CWNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CWN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

-in

Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Colorado

41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Cripple Creek

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.