Mancos, Colorado Weather
Mancos, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Mancos, Montezuma County.
Full aviation weather for Mancos is published on the Cortez Municipal Airport (KCEZ) page, 30 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 Mancos 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 Mancos: Animas Air Park (K00C) 40 km · Durango La Plata County Airport (KDRO) 52 km
Conditions reported at KCEZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mancos specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Mancos, Colorado
Mancos rests in a broad, sun-drenched valley cradled by the ancient, brooding mesas of southwestern Colorado. It lies 42.8 miles north of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 355°T), and is situated 16.3 miles east of Cortez. The land here is a study in muted earth tones – ochre, rust, and the pale, dusty green of sagebrush – stretching towards the horizon under a sky that often bleeds into an impossible, crystalline blue. Cottonwood trees, their leaves a vibrant, fluttering gold in the autumn air, line the banks of the Mancos River, a ribbon of silver that whispers through the landscape. The character of Mancos is one of quiet resilience, a place where the immensity of the sky and the enduring presence of the land seem to shape the very demeanor of its inhabitants, fostering a sense of unhurried patience. The history of Mancos is deeply intertwined with the arid earth and the people who have sought sustenance from it. Once a vital stop on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, its economy was built on agriculture, particularly cattle ranching and the cultivation of hardy crops that could withstand the region’s dry climate. The lingering scent of sun-baked hay and the faint, metallic tang of distant mining operations, though largely in the past, still contribute to the olfactory character of Mancos. Today, the town draws visitors drawn by the nearby wonders of Mesa Verde National Park, its distinctive cliff dwellings a potent reminder of the Ancestral Puebloans who once thrived here, their presence still palpable in the wind that sighs across the mesas.
Live animated radar for Mancos 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 | Mancos, Montezuma County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 37.344996°N, 108.289249°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81328 |
| Area Code | 719 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mancos, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mancos, 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 Mancos includes coordinates 37.344996°N, 108.289249°W, situated in Montezuma County. ZIP code 81328. Telephone area code: 719. 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.
