Orchard, Colorado Weather
Orchard, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Orchard, Morgan County.
Full aviation weather for Orchard is published on the Fort Morgan Municipal Airport (KFMM) page, 27 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 Orchard 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 Orchard: Easton/Valley View Airport (K11V) 42 km · Greeley–Weld County Airport (KGXY) 45 km · Brush Municipal Airport (K7V5) 46 km · Platte Valley Airpark (K18V) 56 km
Conditions reported at KFMM describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Orchard specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Orchard.
About Orchard, Colorado
Orchard breathes the wide, unburdened air of Colorado's plains, a place where the horizon seems to stretch into infinity. It lies 31.7 miles east-south-east of Greeley, CO (from Greeley, CO: bearing 101°T), and is situated 7.4 miles north-north-west of Wiggins. The land here is a study in subtle tones, a vast canvas of tawny grasses and the occasional hardy scrub oak that gives the settlement its name. Gentle swells in the terrain suggest the slow, inexorable work of wind and water over millennia, creating shallow draws and broad, open fields that catch the sun in shifting patterns. The sky, an enormous dome of cerulean blue, presses down with a palpable weight, and in the late afternoon, it bleeds into hues of rose and lavender, casting long, dancing shadows that soften the starkness of the landscape. A quiet stillness pervades Orchard, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the cry of a hawk circling high above. The story of Orchard is written in the soil and the persistent spirit of its people, a narrative of resilience shaped by the demands of agriculture. For generations, this land has yielded its bounty, primarily in the form of grains and sugar beets, crops that thrive under the relentless Colorado sun. The local economy, though modest, is deeply rooted in the earth, a testament to the enduring partnership between farmer and land. One might find remnants of older homesteads, ghost whispers of pioneers who first carved a life from this seemingly unforgiving prairie. The distinctive character of Orchard is one of quiet self-sufficiency, a place where neighbours know each other's rhythms and the pace of life is dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the ticking of a clock.
Live animated radar for Orchard 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 | Orchard, Morgan County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 40.331093°N, 104.118284°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80649 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Orchard, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Orchard, 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 Orchard includes coordinates 40.331093°N, 104.118284°W, situated in Morgan County. ZIP code 80649. Telephone area code: 303, 720. 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.
