Leyner, Colorado Weather
Leyner, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Leyner, Boulder County.
Full aviation weather for Leyner is published on the Erie Municipal Airport (KEIK) page, 6 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 Leyner 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 Leyner: Boulder Municipal Airport (KBDU) 11 km · Vance Brand Airport (KLMO) 14 km · Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) 16 km · Platte Valley Airpark (K18V) 35 km · Denver International Airport (KDEN) 42 km
Conditions reported at KEIK describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Leyner specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Leyner.
About Leyner, Colorado
Leyner sprawls across a high prairie, a place where the sky feels impossibly vast and the air carries the crisp, clean scent of distant pine. It lies 2.8 miles west of Erie, CO (from Erie, CO: bearing 269°T), and is situated 9.2 miles east-north-east of Boulder. The land rises gently, a mosaic of tawny grasses and scrubby sagebrush, punctuated by the occasional hardy cottonwood clinging to ephemeral creek beds that whisper secrets of infrequent rain. Shadows lengthen dramatically in the late afternoon, painting the rolling terrain in hues of ochre and violet, a stark beauty that speaks of resilience. The character of Leyner is etched into the weathered faces of its residents, a quiet stoicism born of long horizons and the persistent embrace of the elements. The history of Leyner is inextricably tied to the veins of the earth, a chapter written in the rough-and-tumble days of early mineral exploration that eventually gave way to the more measured rhythms of ranching and agriculture. Though the boomtown fervor has long since subsided, the legacy of those early prospectors lingers, a faint echo in the sturdy, low-slung buildings that line the main thoroughfare. Today, Leyner’s economy draws sustenance from the surrounding ranches, their cattle grazing on the expansive grasslands, and from a growing number of small businesses that cater to both locals and the occasional traveler seeking respite. The quality of light here, particularly at dawn when the sun first crests the eastern plains, is a spectacle of pure, unadulterated gold, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the still air and promising another day of quiet endurance.
Live animated radar for Leyner 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 | Leyner, Boulder County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 40.049707°N, 105.102484°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 Leyner, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Leyner, 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 Leyner includes coordinates 40.049707°N, 105.102484°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.
