Delta, Colorado Weather
Delta, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Delta, Delta County.
Full aviation weather for Delta is published on the Blake Field (KAJZ) page, 5 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 Delta 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 Delta: Westwinds Airport (KD17) 7 km · Montrose Regional Airport (KMTJ) 30 km · Crawford Airport (K99V) 37 km · North Fork Valley Airport (K7V2) 38 km · Grand Junction Regional Airport (KGJT) 58 km
Conditions reported at KAJZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Delta specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Delta.
About Delta, Colorado
Delta rests in a broad basin where the Gunnison River spills into the valley, a place where the ochre blush of the Book Cliffs to the north meets the softer, rolling contours of the Grand Mesa to the south. It lies 34.1 miles south-east of Grand Junction, CO (from Grand Junction, CO: bearing 130°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south-west of Orchard City. The sky here is a vast, ever-shifting canvas, particularly in the late afternoon when the sun, sinking low, casts long, attenuated shadows that stretch like dark fingers across the cultivated fields and the arid, scrub-dotted hillsides. A dry, clean scent, a blend of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of ripening fruit, hangs in the air, a constant reminder of the land's generous if demanding nature. The very stillness of the place seems to hum with a quiet energy, a patient waiting that has defined this landscape for millennia. This is a land shaped by water and wind, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring patterns of agriculture and the quiet persistence of its people. For generations, Delta has been a hub for the bounty of the surrounding orchards and farms, its economy deeply rooted in the cultivation of peaches, apples, and cherries, their sweet fragrance a seasonal signature. The nearby confluence of rivers, a lifeblood for irrigation, also hints at a deeper past, a time when these waterways were arteries of a different kind of commerce, connecting disparate peoples across the rugged terrain. Even now, the hum of irrigation pumps and the distant rumble of freight trains speak of a continuous flow, a dedication to the land's productivity that defines the character of Delta.
Live animated radar for Delta 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 | Delta, Delta County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 38.742206°N, 108.068958°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81416 |
| Area Code | 719 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Delta, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Delta, 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 Delta includes coordinates 38.742206°N, 108.068958°W, situated in Delta County. ZIP code 81416. 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.
