Storm Station
New Castle, Colorado
64°
Mostly clear· Feels like 64°·Light breeze 8 mph W
Partly sunny, with a high near 77. South southwest wind 0 to 10 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
31%Humidity
12%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest New Castle, 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

Canyon Creek (8)CO099

Beside a road/4.2 mi away/5,629 ft/139 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank1,353of 1,384

Storm King Mtn RAWS NrSTOC2

A remote fire weather station/6.0 mi away/6,037 ft/269 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank178of 1,384

Rifle/Garfield RgnlRIL

At an airfield/11.0 mi away/5,548 ft/220 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,384

measured daily2 instruments

New Castle 0.7 SCO-GF-58

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/5,804 ft/36 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Rifle 3ENERIEC2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.7 mi away/5,446 ft/322 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rifle/Garfield Rgnl, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.0 mi from New Castle. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:53 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 Rifle/Garfield Rgnl, 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 RILFIG. A THE SKY OVER RIFLE/GARFIELD RGNLSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLERifle/Garfield Rgnl, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RILTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RIL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Rifle/Garfield Rgnl: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RILFIG. B THE AIR AT RIFLE/GARFIELD RGNLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.1 FTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 44.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLERifle/Garfield Rgnl, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RILTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RIL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Rifle/Garfield Rgnl, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RILFIG. C THE WIND AT RIFLE/GARFIELD RGNLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERifle/Garfield Rgnl, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RILTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RIL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Rifle/Garfield Rgnl, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Rifle 3ENE (RIEC2), 10.7 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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Near New Castle

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