Columbine, Colorado Weather
Columbine, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Columbine, Routt County.
Full aviation weather for Columbine is published on the Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Field (KSBS) page, 38 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 Columbine 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 Columbine: Yampa Valley Airport (KHDN) 47 km · Dixon Airport (KDWX) 49 km · Walden Jackson County Airport (K33V) 60 km
Conditions reported at KSBS describe the airfield itself. Weather 38 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Columbine specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Columbine.
About Columbine, Colorado
Columbine lies cradled by the immense shoulders of the Rocky Mountains, a quiet hamlet where the air itself seems to hold the scent of pine needles and distant snowmelt. It lies 78.3 miles west-south-west of Laramie, WY (from Laramie, WY: bearing 247°T), and is situated 26.5 miles north-north-west of Steamboat Springs. The landscape here is a study in raw, enduring beauty: vast meadows carpeted with wildflowers in the fleeting summer months give way to steep, timbered slopes that climb towards skies of an almost impossible blue. The Yampa River, a silver ribbon of life, winds its way through the valley floor, its murmur a constant counterpoint to the sigh of the wind through the aspens. Even in the stillness of midday, there's a palpable sense of the wilderness pressing close, a reminder of the untamed forces that shaped this land. The story of Columbine is deeply entwined with the hardy spirit of those who sought a livelihood from this rugged terrain. Once, the whisper of gold and silver drew prospectors to these remote reaches, leaving behind a legacy of abandoned claims and forgotten dreams that still haunt the hillsides. Today, the local economy finds its anchor in ranching, where generations of families have coaxed sustenance from the fertile valleys, their herds grazing under the watchful gaze of Elk Mountain. The rhythm of life in Columbine is dictated by the seasons, a slow, deliberate unfolding that mirrors the patient growth of the land itself.
Live animated radar for Columbine 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 | Columbine, Routt County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 40.854136°N, 106.965884°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80428, 80128 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Columbine, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Columbine, 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 Columbine includes coordinates 40.854136°N, 106.965884°W, situated in Routt County. ZIP code 80428, 80128. Telephone area code: 303, 720. 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.
