Alma, Colorado Weather
Alma, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Alma, Park County.
Full aviation weather for Alma is published on the Lake County Airport (KLXV) page, 23 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. 2 airfields within reach of Alma 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 Alma: Central Colorado Regional Airport (KAEJ) 53 km
Conditions reported at KLXV describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Alma specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Alma.
About Alma, Colorado
Alma lies at the high shoulder of the continent, a place where the wind has a keener edge and the sky stretches in an unbroken, immense blue. It lies 42.2 miles north-east of Bayamón, PR (from Bayamón, PR: bearing 37°T), and is situated 5.2 miles north-west of Fairplay. The landscape here is a raw, exposed canvas painted with the muted greens of hardy, stunted pines and the ochre blush of mineral-rich earth. Jagged peaks, still bearing the scars of ancient glaciers, rise like the teeth of some forgotten beast against the horizon, their summits often dusted with snow even in the height of summer. Below them, the ground slopes away in a rough, broken terrain, a mosaic of scree fields, alpine meadows that bloom with a fierce, transient beauty, and the occasional, hardy spruce clinging to improbable ledges. The air itself feels thin and crystalline, carrying the scent of pine needles and distant, untamed wilderness, and in the quiet of evening, the light seems to linger, painting the western slopes in hues of rose and violet before the stars begin their cold, bright procession. The story of Alma is etched in the very rock and timber of this high country, a testament to the relentless pursuit of precious metals that once drew hardy souls to these unforgiving altitudes. Its origins are tied to the boom and bust cycles of mining, a history that whispers in the weathered facades of its few remaining buildings and the ghost towns scattered like forgotten memories in the surrounding gulches. The local economy, though no longer driven by silver veins, still finds its pulse in the land, with a hardy breed of rancher and a growing influx of those drawn to the unparalleled access to high-alpine recreation. The Arkansas River, a silver ribbon weaving through the broader valley floor, offers its own brand of wildness, a constant murmur of water against the silence of the peaks. Alma remains a place defined by its elevation, a quiet outpost where the grand theatre of the Rockies unfolds with an unvarnished, elemental grace.
Live animated radar for Alma 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 | Alma, Park County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.283878°N, 106.062797°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80420 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Alma, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alma, 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 Alma includes coordinates 39.283878°N, 106.062797°W, situated in Park County. ZIP code 80420. Telephone area code: 303, 720. 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.
