Storm Station
Florence, Colorado
72°
Clear· Feels like 72°·Gentle breeze 11 mph SE
Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. West northwest wind around 10 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
18%Humidity
11%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Florence, 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

Canon City1V6

At an airfield/2.6 mi away/5,397 ft/221 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank934of 1,384

Red Creek RawsRDDC2

A remote fire weather station/14.2 mi away/5,847 ft/671 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank181of 1,384

measured daily2 instruments

Florence 0.6 NNECO-FM-94

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/5,166 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Canon CityCTYC2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/5,390 ft/214 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Canon City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.6 mi from Florence. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:35 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 Canon City, 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 1V6FIG. A THE SKY OVER CANON CITYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECanon City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 1V6TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-1V6-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 42 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Canon City: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 42 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1V6FIG. B THE AIR AT CANON CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.5 FTEMPERATURE 60.8 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 23.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 42 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 POINTTITLECanon City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1V6TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-1V6-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Canon City, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 16 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1V6FIG. C THE WIND AT CANON CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECanon City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1V6TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-1V6-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Canon City (CTYC2), 7.7 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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Near Florence

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