Storm Station
Silver Cliff, Colorado
46°
Mostly clear· Feels like 42°·Light breeze 7 mph S
Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. South southwest wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
59%Humidity
25%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Silver Cliff, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

3 NW WestcliffeGCWC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.2 mi away/7,697 ft/306 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank264of 1,384

WestcliffeC08

At an airfield/9.1 mi away/8,241 ft/238 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank971of 1,384

La Veta Pass (74)CO028

Beside a road/38.3 mi away/9,358 ft/1,355 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank1,198of 1,384

measured daily2 instruments

Westcliffe 0.6 NNECO-CU-36

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/7,935 ft/68 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

WestcliffeWSTC2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/7,813 ft/190 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Westcliffe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.1 mi from Silver Cliff. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:35 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 Westcliffe, 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 C08FIG. A THE SKY OVER WESTCLIFFESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWestcliffe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS C08TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-C08-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Westcliffe: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C08FIG. B THE AIR AT WESTCLIFFETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.0 FTEMPERATURE 42.8 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEWestcliffe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS C08TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-C08-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 13 mph.

Plan of the wind at Westcliffe, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C08FIG. C THE WIND AT WESTCLIFFEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWestcliffe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS C08TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-C08-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Westcliffe (WSTC2), 2.2 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 19:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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Near Silver Cliff

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