Gilcrest, Colorado Weather
Gilcrest, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gilcrest, Weld County.
Full aviation weather for Gilcrest is published on the Easton/Valley View Airport (K11V) page, 15 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 Gilcrest 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 Gilcrest: Greeley–Weld County Airport (KGXY) 21 km · Platte Valley Airpark (K18V) 21 km · Northern Colorado Regional Airport (KFNL) 27 km · Vance Brand Airport (KLMO) 35 km · Erie Municipal Airport (KEIK) 38 km
Conditions reported at K11V describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gilcrest specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gilcrest.
About Gilcrest, Colorado
Gilcrest unfolds across Weld County like a sun-baked whisper, a place where the vast Colorado prairie meets the persistent pull of the South Platte River. It lies 10.4 miles south-south-west of Greeley, CO (from Greeley, CO: bearing 200°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south-west of Evans. Here, the land itself seems to breathe, exhaling the scent of dry grasses and the faint, sweet perfume of distant alfalfa fields. The sky, an immense canvas of cerulean, stretches endlessly, punctuated by the slow drift of clouds that cast fleeting shadows on the flat, fertile earth. The air, especially as the day wanes, carries a hushed stillness, broken only by the distant hum of machinery and the occasional cry of a hawk circling overhead. Homes, often modest and practical, cluster with a quiet resilience, their windows reflecting the wide-open horizons. The story of Gilcrest is deeply entwined with the lifeblood of the South Platte, a ribbon of water that has shaped its agricultural destiny since the early days of irrigation. This is a landscape built on the back of hard work, where the economy has long been rooted in the cultivation of sugar beets, corn, and other crops that thrive in this semi-arid climate. The legacy of those who tamed the land is etched not in grand monuments, but in the orderly rows of fields and the enduring spirit of the farming families who call Gilcrest home. While the agricultural heartbeat remains strong, the proximity to larger centers has also brought a subtle, evolving character to Gilcrest, a quiet acknowledgement of the wider world brushing against its open plains.
Live animated radar for Gilcrest 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 | Gilcrest, Weld County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 40.281927°N, 104.777747°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80651, 80623 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gilcrest, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gilcrest, 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 Gilcrest includes coordinates 40.281927°N, 104.777747°W, situated in Weld County. ZIP code 80651, 80623. 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.
