Leadville, Colorado Weather
Leadville, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Leadville, Lake County.
Full aviation weather for Leadville is published on the Lake County Airport (KLXV) 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. 3 airfields within reach of Leadville 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 Leadville: Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (KASE) 50 km · Central Colorado Regional Airport (KAEJ) 51 km
Conditions reported at KLXV describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Leadville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Leadville, Colorado
Leadville rises from a high plateau, a stark and beautiful testament to the relentless forces that shaped this land. It lies 34.1 miles north-north-east of Bayamón, PR (from Bayamón, PR: bearing 22°T), and is situated 1.2 miles east-south-east of Leadville North. The air here, thin and crisp, carries the scent of pine and the distant promise of snow, even in the warmer months. Jagged peaks, some permanently capped with white, loom large on the horizon, their granite faces catching the sun in a way that can feel both ancient and immediate. Below them, the terrain rolls and dips, a rugged expanse of high-altitude meadowland interspersed with stands of hardy evergreen, all under a sky that seems impossibly vast and blue. The character of Leadville is etched into this stark, elevated landscape, a place where the elements are not merely present but profoundly felt. This is a place born of silver and tenacity, its history deeply intertwined with the veins of ore that once pulsed beneath its feet. For decades, Leadville was a boomtown, a magnet for prospectors and fortune seekers drawn by the promise of riches, forging an identity as a formidable mining hub. The legacy of those days is still visible in the weathered facades of its historic buildings and in the enduring spirit of its people, a resilience honed by hardship and the demanding environment. The local economy, while having diversified, still carries the echo of its industrial past, a subtle hum beneath the surface of everyday life. The Twin Lakes, shimmering jewels nearby, offer a softer counterpoint to the town’s more rugged character, a place for quiet contemplation under the watchful eyes of the surrounding mountains, a constant reminder of the natural grandeur that cradles Leadville.
Live animated radar for Leadville 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 | Leadville, Lake County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.250823°N, 106.292524°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80461 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Leadville, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Leadville, 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 Leadville includes coordinates 39.250823°N, 106.292524°W, situated in Lake County. ZIP code 80461. 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.
