Lake City, Colorado Weather
Monsoon storms drench the south. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Lake City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Overcast——80°55°—
- MondayJul 6Light Drizzle39%—79°55°-1°
- TuesdayJul 7Light Drizzle78%0.01″78°54°-1°
- WednesdayJul 8Overcast25%—82°55°+4°
- ThursdayJul 9Overcast13%—79°56°-3°
- FridayJul 10Overcast——79°55°0°
- SaturdayJul 11Partly Cloudy11%—87°55°+8°
AQI 120 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 18 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 41.9 µg/m³ (AQI 117) with a 0.96 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
CAUTION Sensitive groups (children, elderly, respiratory conditions) should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 45 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 14 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 45
- UV peak
- 3.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 14
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 41.9 µg/m³ (AQI 117) with a 0.96 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.96
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:27 PM
- Moonset
- 11:25 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Monsoon storms drench the south
Lake City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 16°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 4 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 81235
15-Day Forecast — Lake City
- Sun81°56°1%
- Mon79°55°39%
- Tue78°54°78%
- Wed82°55°25%
- Thu79°56°13%
- Fri79°55°5%
- Sat87°55°11%
- Sun87°52°17%
- Mon90°56°28%
- Tue88°56°34%
- Wed93°56°40%
- Thu86°57°49%
- Fri88°53°62%
- Sat90°55°65%
- Sun89°57°65%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of July 5, 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 — Lake City
SPC includes Lake City in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.
- TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- 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 Lake City
- 81235