Cokedale, Colorado Weather
Cokedale, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cokedale, Las Animas County.
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About Cokedale, Colorado
Cokedale lies in a broad, sun-baked basin, where the earth itself seems to hold its breath under a vast, indifferent sky. It lies 76.6 miles south of Pueblo, CO (from Pueblo, CO: bearing 180°T), and is situated 6.8 miles west-south-west of Trinidad. The landscape here is a study in muted tones: ochre dust clings to sparse grama grass, and the distant mesas rise in layered shades of rust and lavender, their edges softened by the perpetual haze. Scrub oak and piñon pine dot the slopes, their gnarled branches reaching out like supplicants to the relentless sun. Even the air carries a dry, mineral tang, a constant reminder of the exposed, ancient bones of the land. As evening approaches, the light shifts, painting the western sky with strokes of bruised plum and fading gold, a quiet, almost mournful beauty that settles over Cokedale. This is a place shaped by the deep veins of coal that once thrummed beneath its surface, a legacy that still whispers on the wind. The economy, once fueled by the black rock, now relies on the hardier endeavors of ranching and the quiet resilience of its people. Old railroad spurs, now overgrown and fragmented, trace ghost lines across the terrain, remnants of a busier era when the rumble of trains and the clang of pickaxes were the town's heartbeat. The buildings, many of them weathered clapboard structures, seem to lean into each other for support against the sweeping winds, their paint faded by decades of sun and grit. Life in Cokedale moves at a pace dictated by the seasons and the slow, deliberate turning of the earth, a stark contrast to the frantic pulse of the world beyond its dusty borders.
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| Location | Cokedale, Las Animas County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 37.145298°N, 104.621099°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81082 |
| Area Code | 970 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cokedale, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cokedale, Colorado, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Cokedale includes coordinates 37.145298°N, 104.621099°W, situated in Las Animas County. ZIP code 81082. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
