Hidden Lake, Colorado Weather
Hidden Lake, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hidden Lake, Adams County.
Full aviation weather for Hidden Lake is published on the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) page, 13 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 Hidden Lake 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 Hidden Lake: Erie Municipal Airport (KEIK) 22 km · Buckley Space Force Base (KBKF) 27 km · Boulder Municipal Airport (KBDU) 30 km · Denver International Airport (KDEN) 31 km · Centennial Airport (KAPA) 32 km
Conditions reported at KBJC describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hidden Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hidden Lake.
About Hidden Lake, Colorado
Hidden Lake exhales a quiet sense of openness, a place where the land unfurls in broad, sun-drenched strokes. It lies 1.5 miles south-south-east of Westminster, CO (from Westminster, CO: bearing 165°T), and is situated 5.9 miles north-north-west of Denver. The terrain here is gently rolling, a subtle topography that hints at the vast plains stretching beyond, yet offers enough contour to catch the light in interesting ways. Low, scrubby vegetation, resilient and tenacious, clings to the soil, interspersed with patches of hardy grass that ripple like a shallow sea in the persistent breeze. The sky overhead feels immense, a boundless canvas of cerulean that deepens to indigo as evening approaches, casting long, soft shadows that stretch and distort the landscape. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint aroma of dust and sun-baked earth, a palpable presence that speaks of wide-open spaces and a life lived under a generous sun. The history of Hidden Lake is as much about water as it is about land, its origins tied to the needs of agriculture that transformed this once-arid expanse. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil and the potential for irrigation, established a community that grew around the vital resource of the lake itself. Though its name suggests a concealed body of water, the lake is a more prominent feature, a shimmering, life-giving heart around which the local economy has always revolved. Today, while agriculture remains a cornerstone, the proximity of Hidden Lake to larger urban centers has also fostered a growing service industry, catering to those seeking a quieter pace of life or a weekend escape. The distinct character of Hidden Lake is one of resilience and quiet adaptation, a place that has found its footing by understanding and working with the natural world, rather than against it.
Live animated radar for Hidden Lake 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 | Hidden Lake, Adams County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.816389°N, 105.03°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80221, 80481 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hidden Lake, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hidden Lake, 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 Hidden Lake includes coordinates 39.816389°N, 105.030000°W, situated in Adams County. ZIP code 80221, 80481. 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.
