Columbine Valley, Colorado Weather
Columbine Valley, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Columbine Valley, Arapahoe County.
Full aviation weather for Columbine Valley is published on the Centennial Airport (KAPA) page, 16 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. 6 airfields within reach of Columbine Valley 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 Valley: Buckley Space Force Base (KBKF) 26 km · Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) 35 km · Denver International Airport (KDEN) 42 km · Erie Municipal Airport (KEIK) 46 km · Colorado Air and Space Port (KCFO) 47 km
Conditions reported at KAPA describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Columbine Valley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Columbine Valley, Colorado
Columbine Valley unfolds as a broad, sun-drenched plain, a canvas of muted greens and earthy browns beneath a sky that stretches in vast, unbroken arcs. It lies 1.2 miles south-west of Littleton, CO (from Littleton, CO: bearing 224°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-south-west of Denver. The land here, gently sloped and open, feels like the palm of a hand, inviting the eye to wander towards the distant, hazy blue of the Rocky Mountains that stand as silent sentinels on the western horizon. Cottonwood trees, their leaves a vibrant, almost electric green in the summer light, cluster along the subtle depressions where water, however scarce, still finds a way to gather, their branches reaching out like weathered hands. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint sweetness of sun-baked earth and the distant whisper of wind through sparse grasses. The history of Columbine Valley is subtly etched into its development, a narrative of agricultural ambition and the enduring spirit of those who sought to cultivate this fertile, if sometimes challenging, terrain. Early settlers were drawn to the promise of open land, establishing ranches and farms that formed the backbone of the local economy, their legacy visible in the patchwork of fields that still define the landscape. While industry has evolved, the echoes of that agrarian past resonate in the unhurried pace of life and the strong sense of community that persists. Today, Columbine Valley thrives on a diversified economy, with a growing presence in technology and services, yet it retains a connection to its roots, a place where the vastness of the sky still seems to hold the stories of generations past.
Live animated radar for Columbine Valley 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 Valley, Arapahoe County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.601099°N, 105.032206°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80123 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Columbine Valley, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Columbine Valley, 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 Valley includes coordinates 39.601099°N, 105.032206°W, situated in Arapahoe County. ZIP code 80123. 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.
