Garfield, Colorado Weather
Garfield, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Garfield, Chaffee County.
Full aviation weather for Garfield is published on the Salida Airport - Harriet Alexander Field (KANK) page, 21 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 Garfield 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 Garfield: Central Colorado Regional Airport (KAEJ) 33 km · Saguache Municipal Airport (K04V) 51 km · Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport (KGUC) 56 km
Conditions reported at KANK describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Garfield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Garfield.
About Garfield, Colorado
Garfield hunkers low against the raw, imposing shoulders of the Sawatch Range, a scattering of buildings clinging to the land as if by sheer will. It lies 21.3 miles south-east of Bayamón, PR (from Bayamón, PR: bearing 142°T), and is situated 15.9 miles west of Salida. The Arkansas River, a restless ribbon of glacial melt and snowmelt, carves its path through the valley floor nearby, its constant murmur a counterpoint to the wind that sighs through the sparse pines and sagebrush clinging to the arid slopes. Sunlight, when it breaks free of the towering peaks, spills across the broad valley in broad, warm swathes, illuminating the dust motes that dance in the dry air and lending a golden hue to the weathered wood of the few structures that constitute Garfield. The surrounding landscape is a study in stark, exposed beauty, a place where the elements hold sway and the human presence feels both determined and fragile. The history of Garfield is deeply entwined with the veins of ore that once pulsed beneath this rugged terrain. Forged in the fires of mining booms, its fortunes rose and fell with the price of silver and lead, leaving behind a palpable sense of grit and endurance in its character. While the grand mining operations have long since faded, the spirit of resourcefulness persists, now channeled into ranching and a quiet tourism drawn by the stark grandeur of the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness and the recreational offerings of the Arkansas River. The local economy, though modest, is woven into the fabric of the land, a testament to the persistent ingenuity required to thrive in such an environment. Garfield itself carries the quiet dignity of a place that has weathered storms and stood its ground, a living echo of the pioneers who first carved a life from this formidable landscape.
Live animated radar for Garfield 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 | Garfield, Chaffee County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 38.551664°N, 106.292246°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81227 |
| Area Code | 719 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Garfield, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Garfield, 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 Garfield includes coordinates 38.551664°N, 106.292246°W, situated in Chaffee County. ZIP code 81227. 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.
