Midland, Colorado Weather
Midland, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Midland, Teller County.
Full aviation weather for Midland is published on the USAF Academy Airfield (KAFF) page, 32 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. 5 airfields within reach of Midland 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 Midland: City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (KCOS) 40 km · Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field (KFCS) 40 km · Fremont County Airport (K1V6) 48 km · Meadow Lake Airport (KFLY) 52 km
Conditions reported at KAFF describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Midland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Midland.
About Midland, Colorado
Midland, a high-altitude settlement in Teller County, Colorado, sprawls across a high plateau under a sky that feels impossibly vast and clear. It lies 18.4 miles west of Colorado Springs, CO (from Colorado Springs, CO: bearing 275°T), and is situated 9.8 miles west-south-west of Cascade-Chipita Park. The landscape here is a study in muted tones and sharp contrasts: scrubby sagebrush clings to the ochre soil, punctuated by the stark, wind-battered forms of piñon and juniper trees. Distant, saw-toothed peaks, their shoulders dusted with snow even in warmer months, stand sentinel, their granite faces catching the sharp, high-altitude sun. The air, thin and crisp, carries the scent of dry earth and the faint, resinous perfume of pine. Evenings bring a profound quiet, broken only by the whisper of wind and the occasional, mournful cry of a hawk circling overhead, its shadow a fleeting stain on the sun-baked ground. The character of Midland is deeply etched by its mining past, a legacy that whispers from the rusting machinery scattered on hillsides and the weathered facades of buildings that have seen better decades. For generations, the earth yielded its riches here, shaping a resilient community whose economy, though diversified now with a growing tourism sector, still feels the pulse of that old industry. Visitors might find a stark beauty in the abandoned shafts and the stark, utilitarian architecture that once housed a bustling populace. The very rhythm of life in Midland is measured by the slow arc of the sun across the immense sky and the enduring spirit of a place that has weathered booms and busts, forever bound to the rugged grandeur of the surrounding mountains.
Live animated radar for Midland 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 | Midland, Teller County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 38.858323°N, 105.161651°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80814 |
| Area Code | 970 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Midland, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Midland, 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 Midland includes coordinates 38.858323°N, 105.161651°W, situated in Teller County. ZIP code 80814. 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. 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.
