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, Boulder County.
Full aviation weather for Hidden Lake is published on the Boulder Municipal Airport (KBDU) page, 23 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: Vance Brand Airport (KLMO) 28 km · Granby Grand County Airport (KGNB) 37 km · Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) 38 km · Erie Municipal Airport (KEIK) 38 km · Northern Colorado Regional Airport (KFNL) 55 km
Conditions reported at KBDU describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 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 rests in a high mountain basin, a jewel cradled by the formidable peaks of the Front Range. It lies 12.8 miles west-north-west of Boulder, CO (from Boulder, CO: bearing 301°T), and is situated 6.3 miles south-south-east of Allenspark. The air here, crisp and thin, carries the scent of ponderosa pine and the faintest whisper of snowmelt, even in the height of summer. Jagged granite faces, etched by millennia of wind and ice, loom above, their dark shadows stretching long across the slopes as the sun begins its descent. Below, the lake itself, a startling sapphire against the muted greens and browns of the alpine meadows, shimmers with a captured light, reflecting the immense sky in its placid depths. The surrounding terrain is a rugged tapestry of scree slopes, hardy wildflowers clinging tenaciously to life, and stands of aspen that will soon erupt in a blaze of autumnal gold. This wild place, though remote, holds the echoes of a different era, whispered by the wind through abandoned prospector trails and the skeletal remains of early cabins. Its economy, once tied to the arduous extraction of minerals from the mountainsides, has gracefully shifted, now embracing the quiet allure of recreation and the careful stewardship of its natural beauty. Hikers and climbers find their pilgrimage here, drawn by the challenge of the trails and the unparalleled vistas that unfold with every upward step. The small, scattered settlements that dot the fringes of Hidden Lake are populated by a hardy folk, their lives attuned to the rhythms of the seasons and the profound silence of the mountains, a character forged in the crucible of this wild, untamed landscape.
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, Boulder County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 40.109986°N, 105.478608°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 40.109986°N, 105.478608°W, situated in Boulder 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.
