McClave, Colorado Weather
McClave, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for McClave, Bent County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for McClave.
About McClave, Colorado
McClave rests in a broad, sun-washed expanse where the Arkansas River, a silken ribbon of muted green, carves its path through bentgrass prairies and the subtle contours of the southeastern Colorado landscape. It lies 95.8 miles east of Pueblo, CO (from Pueblo, CO: bearing 94°T), and is situated 13.0 miles west-north-west of Lamar. The sky here is a vast, ever-changing canvas, often painted with the bruised purples and fiery oranges of an approaching storm, or bleached to an almost luminous white on clear, wind-swept afternoons. The air, dry and carrying the scent of sun-baked earth and distant sagebrush, hums with a quiet stillness, broken only by the rustle of wind through dry stalks or the infrequent rumble of a passing truck on the highway. The land itself, a patchwork of tawny fields and the muted greens of irrigated crops, seems to breathe with a patient, enduring spirit, a testament to the resilience of life in this open country. The story of McClave is intrinsically linked to the fertile lands watered by the Arkansas, a lifeline that has sustained agriculture for generations. This agricultural legacy forms the bedrock of McClave’s economy, with fields of corn, sorghum, and alfalfa stretching towards the horizon, their growth a slow, deliberate ballet dictated by sun and season. The town, a collection of sturdy buildings and quiet streets, holds the echoes of a simpler time, a place where the pace of life is measured by the changing light and the turning of the soil. While no grand monuments mark its history, the enduring spirit of its people, who have worked this land through boom and quietude, imbues McClave with a distinctive character, a profound connection to the earth and the enduring rhythm of the seasons.
Live animated radar for McClave and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | McClave, Bent County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 38.137507°N, 102.850476°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81057 |
| Area Code | 970 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This McClave, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for McClave, Colorado, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 McClave includes coordinates 38.137507°N, 102.850476°W, situated in Bent County. ZIP code 81057. Telephone area code: 970. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
