Iliff, Colorado Weather
Iliff, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Iliff, Logan County.
Full aviation weather for Iliff is published on the Sterling Municipal Airport (KSTK) 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. 3 airfields within reach of Iliff 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 Iliff: Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field (KSNY) 39 km · Haxtun Municipal Airport (K17V) 42 km
Conditions reported at KSTK describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Iliff specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Iliff.
About Iliff, Colorado
Iliff, Colorado, unfolds across a landscape where the earth itself seems to breathe under the vast, indifferent sky. It lies 89.2 miles east-north-east of Greeley, CO (from Greeley, CO: bearing 74°T), and is situated 11.8 miles north-east of Sterling. The terrain here is a study in subtle contours, a sweep of prairie that rolls with a quiet dignity, punctuated by the occasional low rise or the faint whisper of dry grasses. The air, especially as the sun begins its descent, carries a peculiar stillness, a hushed expectancy that settles over the scattered farmsteads and the skeletal silhouettes of grain elevators. The light, too, has a character all its own, a liquid gold that washes over the land, softening its edges and lending a profound, almost sacred, beauty to the ordinary. The story of Iliff is written in the soil and the seasons, a narrative of resilience deeply rooted in the agricultural traditions of this region. For generations, the lifeblood of Iliff has been tied to the cultivation of the land, a constant negotiation with the elements that shapes the character of its inhabitants. The economy, though modest, hums with the steady pulse of farming and ranching, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have chosen to make their lives here. There are no grand monuments or bustling thoroughfares, but in the quiet hum of a tractor in the distance, the shared nod between passing vehicles on a dusty road, one finds the distinctive rhythm of Iliff, a place where time moves with the patient grace of the prairie wind.
Live animated radar for Iliff 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 | Iliff, Logan County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 40.759156°N, 103.066589°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80736 |
| Area Code | 970 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Iliff, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Iliff, 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 Iliff includes coordinates 40.759156°N, 103.066589°W, situated in Logan County. ZIP code 80736. Telephone area code: 970. 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.
