Colorado City, Colorado Weather
Colorado City, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Colorado City, Pueblo County.
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About Colorado City, Colorado
Colorado City lies in a wide, arcing basin where the plains begin their slow, persistent push against the foothills. It lies 24.6 miles south-south-west of Pueblo, CO (from Pueblo, CO: bearing 210°T), and is situated 11.3 miles south-east of Beulah Valley. The land here is a study in muted tones, ochre and dusty sagebrush dominating the landscape, broken only by the occasional hardy cottonwood lining the dry creek beds that scar the terrain. The sky overhead is a vast expanse, often a brilliant, unblemished blue that can feel both exhilarating and a little overwhelming, lending a crisp, dry quality to the air that carries the faint scent of sun-baked earth and distant pine. Low-slung buildings, their stucco facades weathered by decades of sun and wind, huddle together as if for mutual protection against the immensity of their surroundings, their rooftops a uniform, sun-bleached terracotta. This place was born of iron and ambition, its origins deeply tied to the burgeoning steel industry that once pulsed through the region, leaving behind a legacy of industrial grit that still lingers in the air. The Arkansas River, a ribbon of silver that winds its way through the broader valley, has long been a lifeblood, sustaining agriculture in the fertile pockets that dot the landscape and providing a constant murmur beneath the more immediate sounds of daily life. Today, the economic currents have shifted, but the memory of those grittier, more industrial days remains, a subtle undercurrent in the town's character, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who built Colorado City from the raw materials of this high plains country.
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| Location | Colorado City, Pueblo County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 37.945286°N, 104.835263°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81019 |
| Area Code | 970 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Colorado City, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Colorado City, 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 Colorado City includes coordinates 37.945286°N, 104.835263°W, situated in Pueblo County. ZIP code 81019. 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.
