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Cattle Creek, Colorado Weather

Monsoon storms drench the south. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Cattle Creek weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Cattle Creek, CO
Saturday, July 4 at 11:07 AM
79
°
Clear
Feels like
78°
Humidity
17%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
11:47 PM
Sunset
2:39 PM
Cattle Creek, CO
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastCattle Creek, CO: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 63 to 89 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 63°H 89°
Cattle Creek, CO
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    89°52°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    92°63°+3°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    10%
    93°55°+1°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    21%
    0.01″
    91°55°-2°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    22%
    96°57°+5°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Partly Cloudy
    14%
    95°53°-1°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Mostly Clear
    98°52°+3°
Cattle Creek, CO
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
186° · veering 168°
Direction
S
186°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
3
mph
Peak 24h
24
avg 8
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 8 · pk 24 @ 5:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 182SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Cattle Creek, CO
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
818.9
+5.1 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 24.18 inHg
Now
818.9
mb
3h
+5.1
mb
12h
+6.0
mb
24h
+1.8
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 810819
805810815820825-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW818.9810.3818.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Cattle Creek, CO
Air quality
44
AQI
Good
-10 in 6hPeak ~96 @ 11 PM

AQI 44 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 10 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). Ozone at AQI 100 now. With UV 9.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 120 around 1 PM.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
6.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
137μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
7.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 100 now. With UV 9.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 120 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 100
UV peak
9.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 120

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.8 µg/m³ (AQI 38) with a 0.69 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.69
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Cattle Creek, CO
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
175.7mi
UNLIMITED
185 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
17:07 UTC · Cattle Creek, CO · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
17:07 UTC · Cattle Creek, CO · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Cattle Creek, CO
Satellite · infrared · animated
Cattle Creek, CO
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Cattle Creek, CO
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:16 AM
Sunrise
11:47 PM
Daylight
14h 52m
Sunset
2:39 PM
Civil dusk
9:13 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Cattle Creek, CO
The moon
Waning Gibbous
80% illuminated
Moonrise
11:03 PM
Moonset
10:18 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Cattle Creek, CO
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Monsoon storms drench the south

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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Cattle Creek at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 13 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Cattle Creek

  1. Sat89°52°2%
  2. Sun92°63°0%
  3. Mon93°55°10%
  4. Tue91°55°21%
  5. Wed96°57°22%
  6. Thu95°53°14%
  7. Fri98°52°4%
  8. Sat103°51°3%
  9. Sun100°56°20%
  10. Mon101°55°25%
  11. Tue97°54°28%
  12. Wed100°54°44%
  13. Thu100°55°48%
  14. Fri97°54°41%
  15. Sat98°55°42%
  16. Sun97°54°39%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Cattle Creek

SPC includes Cattle Creek in the general thunderstorm area tomorrow — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Cattle Creek

  • 81601

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.