Minturn, Colorado Weather
Minturn, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Minturn, Eagle County.
Full aviation weather for Minturn is published on the Lake County Airport (KLXV) page, 42 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. 4 airfields within reach of Minturn 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 Minturn: Eagle County Regional Airport (KEGE) 42 km · McElroy Airfield (K20V) 52 km · Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (KASE) 55 km
Conditions reported at KLXV describe the airfield itself. Weather 42 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Minturn specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Minturn.
About Minturn, Colorado
Minturn lies in a deep cleft of the Eagle River valley, a place where the mountains rise steeply, their flanks a jumble of dark pine and scrub oak. It lies 55.0 miles north of Bayamón, PR (from Bayamón, PR: bearing 6°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east-south-east of Edwards. The air here, even in the height of summer, carries a crispness, a reminder of the snows that will one day return to blanket these rugged slopes. The Eagle River itself, a ribbon of milky turquoise, rushes past, its voice a constant murmur against the granite and shale. Shadows stretch long from the western peaks in the late afternoon, painting the valley floor in deep purples and blues, a stark contrast to the sun-drenched summits that still gleam. This small settlement, Minturn, was born of the railroad's relentless march westward, a vital stop for those traversing the formidable passes. Its economy, once tied to the iron horse and the mining veins that laced the surrounding mountains, now finds its pulse in the tourism that draws seekers of adventure to the high country. The old train depot, weathered and stoic, still stands, a silent sentinel to a bygone era, while the scent of woodsmoke often drifts from chimneys, hinting at the quiet lives lived within the sturdy homes. A particular charm resides in the way the low-slung buildings huddle together, as if for warmth against the vastness of the landscape, their corrugated tin roofs glinting in the sun.
Live animated radar for Minturn 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 | Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.586375°N, 106.430863°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81645, 81649 |
| Area Code | 719 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Minturn, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Minturn, 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 Minturn includes coordinates 39.586375°N, 106.430863°W, situated in Eagle County. ZIP code 81645, 81649. 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.
