Downieville-Lawson-Dumont, Colorado Weather
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About Downieville-Lawson-Dumont, Colorado
Downieville-Lawson-Dumont clings to the steep slopes of Clear Creek County, a scattering of homes and businesses clinging like hardy alpine wildflowers to the mountainside. It lies 25.0 miles south-west of Boulder, CO (from Boulder, CO: bearing 227°T), and is situated 5.5 miles west-north-west of Idaho Springs. The land here is a study in raw, untamed beauty, where granite shoulders rise sharply to meet a vast, often brilliant blue sky. Below, Clear Creek, a ribbon of glacial melt and mountain runoff, carves its relentless path, its murmur a constant companion to the quiet hum of life in Downieville-Lawson-Dumont. Ponderosa pines, their bark smelling of vanilla in the warm sun, stand sentinel over the rugged terrain, their needles whispering secrets in the ever-present mountain breeze. The light here, especially as the sun begins its descent, washes the peaks in hues of rose and gold, a fleeting spectacle that paints the rugged landscape with an ethereal grace. The history of Downieville-Lawson-Dumont is etched in the very earth, a legacy of hardscrabble mining that once pulsed with the fevered dreams of fortune. Prospectors, drawn by the promise of gold and silver, carved out a precarious existence in these unforgiving mountains, their efforts leaving scars that the land is slowly, patiently, reclaiming. The economy, once driven by the pickaxe and the pan, has shifted, finding new life in the tourism that draws visitors to the breathtaking scenery and the allure of outdoor adventure. The ghosts of boomtown days still linger, a subtle undercurrent beneath the more placid rhythm of contemporary life, reminding one of the tenacity and resilience that define this particular corner of Colorado. The air, crisp and clean, carries a faint scent of pine and damp earth, a testament to the enduring, elemental forces that shape this enduring place.
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| Location | Downieville-Lawson-Dumont, Clear Creek County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.7662°N, 105.6125°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80436 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Downieville-Lawson-Dumont, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Downieville-Lawson-Dumont, 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 Downieville-Lawson-Dumont includes coordinates 39.766200°N, 105.612500°W, situated in Clear Creek County. ZIP code 80436. 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. 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.
