Ordway, Colorado Weather
Ordway, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Ordway, Crowley County.
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About Ordway, Colorado
Ordway sits in the wide, sun-baked expanse of Crowley County, a place where the horizon seems to stretch forever, meeting a sky that often bleeds from pale blue to a bruised twilight purple. It lies 46.4 miles east of Pueblo, CO (from Pueblo, CO: bearing 93°T), and is situated 19.8 miles north-west of La Junta. The land itself is a study in muted earth tones, rolling gently in places, flattened into vast, productive fields under the immense, unblinking gaze of the sun. Cottonwood trees, their leaves a restless whisper against the wind, line the few scattered waterways, offering scant shade in the otherwise open country. The air here, especially in the long afternoons, carries a dry, mineral tang, a constant reminder of the earth’s patient thirst. This is a landscape that has long been shaped by the persistent efforts of those who sought to coax life from its soil, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring resilience of its people and the steady rhythm of its agricultural heart. Ordway’s economy has always been tied to the bounty of the plains, with sugar beets and other crops forming the backbone of its prosperity for generations, a legacy carried forward by families who understand the delicate dance between rain and sun. Old irrigation ditches, remnants of earlier endeavors, still crisscross the fields, silent testaments to the ingenuity and sheer grit required to make a life in this sometimes unforgiving, yet profoundly beautiful, corner of Colorado.
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| Location | Ordway, Crowley County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 38.218061°N, 103.756061°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81063 |
| Area Code | 970 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ordway, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ordway, Colorado, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Ordway includes coordinates 38.218061°N, 103.756061°W, situated in Crowley County. ZIP code 81063. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
