Kiowa, Colorado Weather
Kiowa, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kiowa, Elbert County.
Full aviation weather for Kiowa is published on the Calhan Airport (K5V4) page, 36 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 Kiowa 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 Kiowa: Centennial Airport (KAPA) 41 km · Meadow Lake Airport (KFLY) 46 km · Buckley Space Force Base (KBKF) 46 km · Colorado Air and Space Port (KCFO) 49 km · USAF Academy Airfield (KAFF) 52 km
Conditions reported at K5V4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 36 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kiowa specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kiowa.
About Kiowa, Colorado
Kiowa rests on a wide, flat expanse of the Colorado prairie, a place where the horizon feels like a palpable thing, a constant, sweeping curve against a sky that often bleeds from pale blue to a bruised violet at day's end. It lies 19.8 miles south-east of Parker, CO (from Parker, CO: bearing 127°T), and is situated 7.1 miles east of Elizabeth. The land here is a study in subtle textures, a tapestry of native grasses that whisper and sway in the persistent wind, their golden hues catching the sun in a million tiny glints. Occasional cottonwood trees, stout and resilient, mark the faint courses of ephemeral creeks, their leaves a vibrant green that contrasts sharply with the muted earth. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, sometimes tinged with the dust of passing trucks or the faint, sweet aroma of ripening crops. The history of Kiowa is written not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of those who have worked this land. Ranching and agriculture have long been the lifeblood of Elbert County, with cattle grazing on the vast ranches that stretch out from the settlement, and fields of wheat and corn rippling under the sun. This steady, grounded economy has shaped the character of Kiowa, fostering a quiet pragmatism and a deep connection to the cycles of nature. You can feel it in the unhurried way people move, in the sturdy, unpretentious buildings that line the main thoroughfare, and in the deep, resonant silence that settles over the landscape once the sun dips below the western plains.
Live animated radar for Kiowa 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 | Kiowa, Elbert County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.34721°N, 104.464411°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80117 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kiowa, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kiowa, 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 Kiowa includes coordinates 39.347210°N, 104.464411°W, situated in Elbert County. ZIP code 80117. 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.
