Gold Hill, Colorado Weather
Gold Hill, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gold Hill, Summit County.
Full aviation weather for Gold Hill is published on the Lake County Airport (KLXV) page, 43 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KLXV describe the airfield itself. Weather 43 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gold Hill specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gold Hill.
About Gold Hill, Colorado
Gold Hill crests the Continental Divide, a stark and beautiful sentinel against the vast Colorado sky. It lies 47.9 miles west of Dakota Ridge, CO (from Dakota Ridge, CO: bearing 266°T), and is situated 4.4 miles north of Breckenridge. Here, the air bites with a crisp, alpine chill, even in the height of summer, carrying the scent of pine and the faint, mineral tang of exposed rock. The landscape is a dramatic interplay of granite peaks, their summits often dusted with lingering snow, and deep, shadowed valleys where aspens shimmer in the breeze, their leaves a flickering gold in autumn. Patches of scrubby tundra cling to the higher slopes, a resilient carpet of hardy wildflowers and low-lying shrubs that bloom defiantly in this high-altitude domain. The terrain is rugged, demanding, a place where the earth itself seems to hold its breath, watchful and ancient. The history of Gold Hill is etched into the very bones of the mountain, a legacy born of discovery and relentless digging. This was a place where fortunes were sought and sometimes found, a boomtown that pulsed with the fever of the gold rush, its population swelling and then receding with the ebb and flow of the precious metal. The remnants of that era are still visible – the weathered timbers of abandoned mines, the ghostly outlines of cabins swallowed by the encroaching wilderness, and the faint tracks of wagons that once wound their way to this remote outpost. The local economy, once driven by ore, has shifted, now leaning more towards the quiet allure of its natural beauty and the enduring appeal of its historic character. Hikers and adventurers are drawn to Gold Hill, seeking the breathtaking vistas and the untamed spirit that still whispers through the pines.
Live animated radar for Gold Hill 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.
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| Location | Gold Hill, Summit County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.545264°N, 106.048352°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80424, 80455 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gold Hill, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gold Hill, 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 Gold Hill includes coordinates 39.545264°N, 106.048352°W, situated in Summit County. ZIP code 80424, 80455. 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.
