Piedra, Colorado Weather
The first anvil tops. Day 89 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Piedra weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 16Clear——86°44°—
- WednesdayJun 17Overcast——87°58°+1°
- ThursdayJun 18Overcast11%—89°55°+2°
- FridayJun 19Overcast13%—85°51°-4°
- SaturdayJun 20Overcast——79°53°-6°
- SundayJun 21Clear——82°48°+3°
- MondayJun 22Partly Cloudy——83°47°+1°
AQI 34 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 55 now. With UV 9.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 68 around 1 PM.
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 55 now. With UV 9.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 68 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 55
- UV peak
- 9.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 68
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).
Cut your thistles before St. John, you will have two instead of one.
- Moonrise
- 7:05 AM
- Moonset
- 9:49 PM
- In sign
- ♋︎ Cancer
The first anvil tops
Piedra at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 5°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 1 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jun 16–20
- Planting window: Stake and prune tomato suckers. Watch for squash vine borers.
16-Day Forecast — Piedra
- Tue86°44°0%
- Wed87°58°2%
- Thu89°55°11%
- Fri85°51°13%
- Sat79°53°1%
- Sun82°48°0%
- Mon83°47°1%
- Tue83°50°8%
- Wed87°52°6%
- Thu88°52°6%
- Fri89°55°10%
- Sat85°53°6%
- Sun83°49°13%
- Mon79°50°16%
- Tue78°48°31%
- Wed67°49°32%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of June 16, 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.
ZIP codes in Piedra
- 81147