Aguilar, Colorado Weather
Aguilar, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Aguilar, Las Animas County.
Full aviation weather for Aguilar is published on the Perry Stokes Airport (KTAD) page, 32 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 3 airfields within reach of Aguilar have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Aguilar: Cuchara Valley At La Veta Airport (K07V) 34 km · Spanish Peaks Airfield (K4V1) 35 km
Conditions reported at KTAD describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Aguilar specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Aguilar.
About Aguilar, Colorado
Aguilar unfurls itself across a broad, sun-baked plain, where the Sangre de Cristo Mountains rise in a rugged, ochre backdrop. It lies 58.9 miles south of Pueblo, CO (from Pueblo, CO: bearing 182°T), and is situated 18.2 miles north-north-west of Trinidad. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, a palette of dusty browns and pale yellows, punctuated by the stark green of resilient scrub brush clinging to the terrain. The sky, vast and often an intense, cloudless blue, seems to stretch endlessly overhead, casting a sharp, defining light that sculpts the mesas and draws deep shadows across the arroyos. Even the air carries a certain dryness, a whisper of the high desert that lends a quiet intensity to the landscape. The character of Aguilar is one of quiet endurance, a place shaped by the elements and the persistent spirit of those who call it home, where the wind often seems to be the loudest inhabitant. The history of Aguilar is deeply entwined with the veins of coal that once pulsed beneath this land, drawing miners and their families to establish a community in the late 19th century. Though the great mines have long since fallen silent, the echoes of that era linger, a subtle undercurrent in the town’s present-day economy, which now leans more towards agriculture and the quiet hum of local businesses serving the surrounding ranches. The Spanish influence is still palpable, a legacy woven into the names of families and the rhythm of life, which moves at a pace dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land rather than the clamor of industry. A distinctive beauty can be found in the twilight hours, when the setting sun paints the western sky in hues of lavender and rose, bathing the stark outlines of the mountains and the low-slung buildings of Aguilar in a soft, almost ethereal glow.
Live animated radar for Aguilar and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Aguilar, Las Animas County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 37.402793°N, 104.653319°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81020 |
| Area Code | 970 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Aguilar, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Aguilar, Colorado, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Aguilar includes coordinates 37.402793°N, 104.653319°W, situated in Las Animas County. ZIP code 81020. Telephone area code: 970. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
