Arboles, Colorado Weather
Arboles, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Arboles, Archuleta County.
Full aviation weather for Arboles is published on the Durango La Plata County Airport (KDRO) page, 33 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. 4 airfields within reach of Arboles 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 Arboles: Stevens Field (KPSO) 43 km · Animas Air Park (K00C) 44 km · Jicarilla Apache Nation Airport (K24N) 52 km
Conditions reported at KDRO describe the airfield itself. Weather 33 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Arboles specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Arboles.
About Arboles, Colorado
Arboles sleeps under the vast, indifferent sky of the San Juan Basin, a scattering of homes and businesses etched against a backdrop of rolling hills that bleed into the starker, more dramatic contours of distant mesas. It lies 48.8 miles east-north-east of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 65°T), and is situated 16.8 miles south-east of Bayfield. The air here carries the dry, mineral tang of the high desert, a scent that clings to the sparse piñon and juniper trees dotting the landscape. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-clear blue, falls in broad, unwavering swathes, bleaching the dust from the unpaved roads and illuminating the weathered wood of the buildings. A profound quiet often settles over Arboles, broken only by the occasional rumble of a passing truck or the distant bleating of sheep, a sound that seems to amplify the immense stillness of the surrounding terrain. The lifeblood of Arboles has long been tied to the earth, its history a quiet narrative of ranching and agriculture sustained by the capricious generosity of the climate. For generations, families have worked the land, coaxing sustenance from the semi-arid soil, their lives dictated by the seasons and the flow of the nearby San Juan River. This river, a ribbon of life through the otherwise stark country, is the lifeblood, its waters a precious resource for irrigation and a constant reminder of nature's power. While large-scale industry has largely bypassed Arboles, its economy remains rooted in the enduring traditions of those who call it home, a resilient spirit forged in the crucible of the American West, where independence and a deep connection to the land are not mere sentiments but the very currency of existence.
Live animated radar for Arboles 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 | Arboles, Archuleta County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 37.028061°N, 107.419215°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81121, 81137 |
| Area Code | 719 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Arboles, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Arboles, 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 Arboles includes coordinates 37.028061°N, 107.419215°W, situated in Archuleta County. ZIP code 81121, 81137. Telephone area code: 719. 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.
