Chacra, Colorado Weather
Chacra, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Chacra, Garfield County.
Full aviation weather for Chacra is published on the Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport (KGWS) page, 14 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 Chacra 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 Chacra: Garfield County Regional Airport (KRIL) 25 km · Eagle County Regional Airport (KEGE) 46 km
Conditions reported at KGWS describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Chacra specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Chacra.
About Chacra, Colorado
Chacra lies in a high mountain valley where the earth breathes a scent of sun-baked sagebrush and distant pine. It lies 68.8 miles east-north-east of Grand Junction, CO (from Grand Junction, CO: bearing 59°T), and is situated 6.7 miles west-north-west of Glenwood Springs. The land here is a study in sharp contrasts: vast, open skies that seem to stretch to the edge of forever, meeting rugged slopes that rise with an ancient, patient strength. The dominant hues shift with the sun’s passage, from the pale gold of morning to the deep, bruised purples of twilight, painting the weathered sandstone and the sparse, hardy grasses in ever-changing light. A quiet stillness often settles over Chacra, broken only by the whisper of the wind through the scrub or the distant cry of a hawk circling overhead, a testament to the raw, untamed beauty of this high-altitude expanse. The echoes of early prospectors and homesteaders still resonate in the quietude of Chacra, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the resilient spirit of its people. For generations, the local economy has been tied to the earth, first through the promise of minerals unearthed from the surrounding hills, and later through the cultivation of the land where water allows, a delicate dance with the arid climate. While the boom-and-bust cycles of mining have long since softened, the enduring character of Chacra remains, a blend of self-reliance and neighborly warmth. The rhythm of life here is unhurried, dictated by the seasons and the steady, predictable turning of the sun, a comforting constancy in a world often in flux, and the air itself often carries the clean, sharp tang of the mountains.
Live animated radar for Chacra 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 | Chacra, Garfield County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.575259°N, 107.446721°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81601 |
| Area Code | 719 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chacra, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chacra, 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 Chacra includes coordinates 39.575259°N, 107.446721°W, situated in Garfield County. ZIP code 81601. 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.
