Empire, Colorado Weather
Empire, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Empire, Clear Creek County.
Full aviation weather for Empire is published on the Granby Grand County Airport (KGNB) page, 42 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. 3 airfields within reach of Empire 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 Empire: Boulder Municipal Airport (KBDU) 50 km · Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) 51 km
Conditions reported at KGNB describe the airfield itself. Weather 42 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Empire specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Empire.
About Empire, Colorado
Empire sits at the confluence of two powerful arteries of the earth, where Clear Creek braids its way through a landscape sculpted by immense geological forces. It lies 28.1 miles south-west of Boulder, CO (from Boulder, CO: bearing 232°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west of Idaho Springs. The town is a humble collection of structures, weathered by the thin, high-altitude air and the relentless passage of seasons, clinging to the valley floor as granite peaks claw at the vast, indifferent sky. Sagebrush, tenacious and silvered, carpets the lower slopes, giving way to the dark, stoic ranks of lodgepole pine and spruce as the elevation climbs, their needles catching the sharp, clean light that spills across the Continental Divide. Even in the quiet hum of a summer afternoon, a sense of the ancient, raw power of this place is palpable, a low thrum beneath the surface of everyday life. The history of Empire is indelibly linked to the veins of silver and gold that once pulsed beneath these mountains. Prospectors, drawn by the promise of riches, hammered out a living in this rugged country, their hopes and hardships etched into the very foundations of the buildings that still stand, albeit with a weary grace. The local economy, once fueled by the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of ore carts, has since diversified, drawing sustenance from the steady flow of tourists drawn to the breathtaking scenery and the remnants of its mining past. Echoes of that boisterous frontier spirit can still be felt, a quiet resilience in the faces of its residents, who navigate the dramatic shifts in weather and the enduring beauty of their isolated, yet remarkably vibrant, corner of Colorado.
Live animated radar for Empire 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 | Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.761376°N, 105.684448°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80438 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Empire, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Empire, 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 Empire includes coordinates 39.761376°N, 105.684448°W, situated in Clear Creek County. ZIP code 80438. 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.
