Olathe, Colorado Weather
Olathe, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Olathe, Montrose County.
Full aviation weather for Olathe is published on the Montrose Regional Airport (KMTJ) page, 13 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 Olathe 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 Olathe: Blake Field (KAJZ) 21 km · Westwinds Airport (KD17) 22 km · Crawford Airport (K99V) 31 km · North Fork Valley Airport (K7V2) 39 km
Conditions reported at KMTJ describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Olathe specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Olathe.
About Olathe, Colorado
Olathe rests in a basin of rolling hills, a landscape etched by the patient hand of water and wind. It lies 44.1 miles south-east of Grand Junction, CO (from Grand Junction, CO: bearing 136°T), and is situated 10.5 miles north-north-west of Montrose. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a clean, dry scent, a whisper of sagebrush and sun-baked earth that settles like fine dust on the sparse, resilient grasses. Fields, meticulously ordered, stretch out towards the distant, hazy blue of the Uncompahgre Plateau, their furrows catching the light in a way that suggests a quiet, enduring labor. The sky above Olathe is vast, an immense canvas where clouds drift with a languid grace, their shadows sweeping across the ochre soil in slow, deliberate strokes. Even the sounds seem to absorb into the open space – the distant hum of a tractor, the sharp cry of a hawk circling overhead, the almost imperceptible rustle of wind through the skeletal branches of cottonwood trees. The story of Olathe is deeply intertwined with the fertile ground it occupies, a testament to the agricultural spirit that has sustained it for generations. Here, in Montrose County, the economy has long been anchored by the cultivation of beans, particularly the pinto and black varieties, a harvest that fills the air with a unique, earthy aroma during the late summer months. This agricultural heritage has shaped the character of Olathe, fostering a sense of quiet industry and a connection to the rhythms of the seasons. The town itself, though small, possesses a distinctive stillness, a place where the pace of life feels calibrated to the steady advance of sunlight across the valley, and where the enduring legacy of those who first worked this land is palpable in the enduring fields and the unpretentious heart of the community.
Live animated radar for Olathe 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 | Olathe, Montrose County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 38.604985°N, 107.982288°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81425 |
| Area Code | 719 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Olathe, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Olathe, 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 Olathe includes coordinates 38.604985°N, 107.982288°W, situated in Montrose County. ZIP code 81425. 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.
