Storm Station
Sugar City, Colorado
73°
Mostly clear· Feels like 73°·Light breeze 7 mph SSE
Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
28%Humidity
12%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sugar City, 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 now3 instruments

Bob CreekBCKC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.1 mi away/4,272 ft/24 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,141of 1,384

La Junta MunicipalLHX

At an airfield/15.0 mi away/4,239 ft/57 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,384

La Junta 17 WSW03063

At a climate reference station/27.0 mi away/4,386 ft/90 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Sugar City 0.3 SSWCO-CR-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/4,298 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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OrdwayORDC2

At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/4,295 ft/1 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at La Junta Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.0 mi from Sugar City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:53 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 La Junta Municipal, 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 LHXFIG. A THE SKY OVER LA JUNTA MUNICIPALSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELa Junta Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LHXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LHX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at La Junta Municipal: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LHXFIG. B THE AIR AT LA JUNTA MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.1 FTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLELa Junta Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LHXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LHX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at La Junta Municipal, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, 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 LHXFIG. C THE WIND AT LA JUNTA MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELa Junta Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LHXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LHX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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