Olney Springs, Colorado Weather
Olney Springs, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Olney Springs, Crowley County.
Full aviation weather for Olney Springs is published on the La Junta Municipal Airport (KLHX) page, 40 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. 2 airfields within reach of Olney Springs 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 Olney Springs: Pueblo Memorial Airport (KPUB) 50 km
Conditions reported at KLHX describe the airfield itself. Weather 40 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Olney Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Olney Springs.
About Olney Springs, Colorado
Olney Springs lies under a sky so vast it feels like a presence, a deep, bruised indigo at dusk that bleeds into a pale, hopeful pink along the horizon. It lies 36.6 miles east of Pueblo, CO (from Pueblo, CO: bearing 99°T), and is situated 5.0 miles east-north-east of Fowler. The land here is a study in subtle resilience, a muted palette of ochre and sagebrush where the wind sculpts the earth into low, sweeping swells. Sparse cottonwoods, skeletal against the immense blue, offer the only vertical interruption, their leaves a whisper of silver on the breeze. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint, mineral tang of sun-baked earth, and the silence is so profound it seems to hum. This is a place where the elemental forces have the upper hand, where the horizon stretches out in an unbroken promise of more sky, more land, and the quiet, enduring spirit of those who call it home. The history of Olney Springs is as deeply rooted in the soil as the hardy grasses that cling to its plains. Originally a stopping point for travelers, its identity solidified with the arrival of the railroad, a silver ribbon that brought with it the promise of prosperity and the cultivation of the surrounding lands. The economy here has long been tied to the bounty of the earth, with agriculture — particularly the growing of crops suited to this arid climate — forming the backbone of its sustenance. Even now, the gentle rhythm of life in Olney Springs is dictated by the sun and the seasons, a slow, deliberate cadence that echoes the patient turning of the earth. There are no grand pronouncements here, no towering monuments, only the quiet dignity of a place that has learned to thrive in its own stark, beautiful way.
Live animated radar for Olney Springs 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 | Olney Springs, Crowley County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 38.166116°N, 103.944679°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81062 |
| Area Code | 970 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Olney Springs, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Olney Springs, 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 Olney Springs includes coordinates 38.166116°N, 103.944679°W, situated in Crowley County. ZIP code 81062. 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.
