Amherst, Colorado Weather
Amherst, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Amherst, Phillips County.
Full aviation weather for Amherst is published on the Holyoke Airport (KHEQ) page, 16 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. 6 airfields within reach of Amherst 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 Amherst: Julesburg Municipal Airport (K7V8) 34 km · Haxtun Municipal Airport (K17V) 37 km · Grant Municipal Airport (KGGF) 42 km · Imperial Municipal Airport (KIML) 50 km · Billy G Ray Field (KCNP) 50 km
Conditions reported at KHEQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Amherst specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Amherst.
About Amherst, Colorado
Amherst unfolds across a high, sun-baked prairie, where the land stretches out like a rumpled quilt under an immense sky. It lies 134.7 miles east of Greeley, CO (from Greeley, CO: bearing 82°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-east of Holyoke. The terrain here is a study in subtle shifts, a gentle swell and dip that hints at ancient watercourses long since dried. Fields of wheat, gold and brittle in the August heat, give way to pastures where cattle graze with a slow, deliberate grace, their silhouettes sharp against the horizon. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with dust and the faint perfume of prairie grasses, and as the sun begins its descent, the western sky ignites in a breathtaking display of oranges and purples, bathing the quiet landscape in a fleeting, almost sacred light. A few scattered farmsteads, their roofs a muted silver against the endless brown and green, dot the expanse, each a solitary testament to human endeavor against the vastness. Amherst's story is written in the grain of the land and the resilience of its people, a narrative shaped by drought, diligence, and the enduring spirit of the prairie farmer. Founded in an era of westward expansion, its economy has always been tethered to the bounty of the soil, with wheat, corn, and cattle forming the bedrock of its livelihood. The whispers of past generations, those who first broke this ground, seem to linger in the quiet hum of the grain elevators and the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of the few businesses that line the main thoroughfare. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling tourist attractions, only the quiet dignity of a community that has learned to thrive in its own rhythm, a place where the pace of life is dictated not by clocks, but by the turning of the seasons and the predictable, yet always awe-inspiring, arc of the sun across the boundless heavens.
Live animated radar for Amherst 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 | Amherst, Phillips County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 40.682773°N, 102.166018°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80721 |
| Area Code | 970 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Amherst, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Amherst, 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 Amherst includes coordinates 40.682773°N, 102.166018°W, situated in Phillips County. ZIP code 80721. 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.
