Lafayette, Colorado Weather
Lafayette, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Lafayette, Boulder County.
Full aviation weather for Lafayette is published on the Erie Municipal Airport (KEIK) page, 4 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette: Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) 10 km · Boulder Municipal Airport (KBDU) 13 km · Vance Brand Airport (KLMO) 20 km · Platte Valley Airpark (K18V) 35 km · Denver International Airport (KDEN) 38 km
Conditions reported at KEIK describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lafayette specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Lafayette, Colorado
Lafayette unfolds across the rolling foothills where the plains begin their slow ascent towards the dramatic ramparts of the Rocky Mountains. It lies 4.4 miles south-south-west of Erie, CO (from Erie, CO: bearing 208°T), and is situated 9.7 miles east of Boulder. Here, the sky feels vast, an immense canvas of cerulean blue that can, by evening, bleed into hues of rose and amethyst, casting a soft, ethereal glow over the landscape. The terrain, a gentle topography of low hills and shallow draws, is punctuated by hardy prairie grasses that whisper secrets in the wind and the occasional stoic cottonwood, its leaves catching the sunlight like scattered coins. The air itself carries a crisp, clean scent, a blend of dry earth, sun-baked sagebrush, and the distant, ever-present promise of mountain air. The history of Lafayette is deeply intertwined with the earth's hidden treasures, its origins rooted in the coal mining boom that once pulsed through this region. The legacy of those days still lingers, a subtle undercurrent in the town's character, though its economy has since diversified, embracing technology and small businesses that hum with a quiet industriousness. You can feel the echoes of pickaxes and the rumble of ore carts in the very bones of Lafayette, a reminder of the grit and determination that shaped its early days. Today, the town thrives, a vibrant mosaic of its past and present, where the enduring spirit of its pioneers finds expression in a community that values both innovation and its deep connection to the land.
Live animated radar for Lafayette 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 | Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.993596°N, 105.089706°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80026 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lafayette, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lafayette, 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 Lafayette includes coordinates 39.993596°N, 105.089706°W, situated in Boulder County. ZIP code 80026. 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.
