Gerrard, Colorado Weather
Gerrard, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gerrard, Rio Grande County.
Full aviation weather for Gerrard is published on the Astronaut Kent Rominger Airport (KRCV) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Gerrard 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 Gerrard: Mineral County Memorial Airport (KC24) 34 km · Leach Airport (K1V8) 50 km · Monte Vista Municipal Airport (KMVI) 51 km · Saguache Municipal Airport (K04V) 60 km · Stevens Field (KPSO) 60 km
Conditions reported at KRCV describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gerrard specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gerrard.
About Gerrard, Colorado
Gerrard rests in a wide, high valley where the San Luis is beginning to unfurl its vast, sun-baked expanse. It lies 77.3 miles south of Bayamón, PR (from Bayamón, PR: bearing 182°T), and is situated 2.6 miles east of South Fork. The land here is a study in subtle color, ochre dust clinging to the sparse, tough grasses that cling to the slopes, giving way to the muted greens of hardy sagebrush and the occasional, defiant pine that finds purchase in the rocky outcrops. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains, a formidable, jagged rampart, rise to the east, their peaks often dusted with snow even as the valley floor bakes under a relentless sun. To the west, the La Garita Mountains offer a softer, more rounded silhouette against the immense, pale blue sky. The air itself carries a dry, crisp quality, carrying the faint scent of piñon and the distant, earthy tang of irrigated fields. Though small, Gerrard carries the quiet legacy of a place forged by hardy souls seeking sustenance from this challenging but beautiful terrain. The valley’s rich soil, fed by the waters that once tumbled down from the mountains, has long supported agriculture, with ranches and farms dotting the landscape, producing hay and a variety of grains that form the backbone of the local economy. The ghost of mining, too, whispers through the surrounding hills, a reminder of earlier boom times and the persistent hope for buried treasure that drew people here generations ago. Life in Gerrard moves at a pace dictated by the sun and the seasons, a steady, unhurried rhythm where neighbors know each other’s names and the shared history of the land binds them together under that vast, indifferent sky.
Live animated radar for Gerrard 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 | Gerrard, Rio Grande County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 37.677226°N, 106.593097°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81154 |
| Area Code | 719 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gerrard, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gerrard, 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 Gerrard includes coordinates 37.677226°N, 106.593097°W, situated in Rio Grande County. ZIP code 81154. 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.
