Piedra, Colorado Weather
The monsoon settles in. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Piedra weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 4Overcast——84°49°—
- SundayJul 5Overcast——84°55°0°
- MondayJul 6Light Drizzle16%—84°54°0°
- TuesdayJul 7Light Drizzle55%0.06″84°54°0°
- WednesdayJul 8Overcast33%—89°54°+5°
- ThursdayJul 9Overcast20%—90°55°+1°
- FridayJul 10Overcast16%—90°56°0°
AQI 37 (Good), driven by Ozone. Ozone at AQI 76. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 76. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.
- Present
- AQI 76
- UV peak
- 10.0 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- overcast
- Projected peak
- AQI 51
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 4.7 µg/m³ (AQI 26) with a 0.72 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.72
- 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
- 11:00 PM
- Moonset
- 10:20 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
The monsoon settles in
Piedra at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 5°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 1 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
16-Day Forecast — Piedra
- Sat84°49°2%
- Sun84°55°1%
- Mon84°54°16%
- Tue84°54°55%
- Wed89°54°33%
- Thu90°55°20%
- Fri90°56°16%
- Sat93°57°11%
- Sun88°56°19%
- Mon89°57°14%
- Tue93°59°31%
- Wed95°60°55%
- Thu92°60°62%
- Fri89°57°61%
- Sat84°54°61%
- Sun86°56°61%
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 — Piedra
SPC includes Piedra 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 Piedra
- 81147