Storm Station
Golden, Colorado
74°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 74°·Light breeze 5 mph S
Mostly sunny. High near 80, with temperatures falling to around 77 in the afternoon. South southeast wind 2 to 7 mph.
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32%Humidity
42%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Golden, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Golden 3SW - Lookout MountainLOOC2

At a fire lookout or ranger station/2.3 mi away/7,515 ft/1,750 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank63of 1,384

Rooney Rd. (36)CO008

Beside a road/2.7 mi away/6,077 ft/312 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank1,282of 1,384

Broomfield/JeffcoBJC

At an airfield/12.4 mi away/5,656 ft/109 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,364of 1,384

Boulder 14 W94075

At a climate reference station/26.0 mi away/9,828 ft/4,063 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Golden 0.5 NCO-JF-291

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/5,761 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LakewoodLKWC2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/5,646 ft/119 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Broomfield/Jeffco, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.4 mi from Golden. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Broomfield/Jeffco, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BJCFIG. A THE SKY OVER BROOMFIELD/JEFFCOSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 12,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBroomfield/Jeffco, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BJCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BJC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 45 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Broomfield/Jeffco: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 45 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BJCFIG. B THE AIR AT BROOMFIELD/JEFFCOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 4,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE 60.8 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 21.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 45 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 POINTTITLEBroomfield/Jeffco, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BJCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BJC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Broomfield/Jeffco, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BJCFIG. C THE WIND AT BROOMFIELD/JEFFCOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBroomfield/Jeffco, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BJCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BJC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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