Otis, Colorado Weather
Otis, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Otis, Washington County.
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About Otis, Colorado
Otis, Colorado, unfolds under a vast, indifferent sky, a collection of buildings and windbreaks scattered across the immense, flat expanse of the eastern plains. It lies 94.0 miles east of Greeley, CO (from Greeley, CO: bearing 101°T), and is situated 12.7 miles west of Yuma. The land here is a study in subtle grades, a seemingly endless canvas of tawny grasses and ochre soil that stretches to horizons so distant they blur into the pale blue. The air, when it stirs, carries the dry, clean scent of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of distant alfalfa fields. Even the sparse cottonwood trees that cluster near the few, shallow draws seem to hold their breath, waiting for the wind's next, inevitable sigh. The history of Otis is etched into the very grain of its existence, a narrative of hardy pioneers who wrestled sustenance from this unforgiving terrain. The economy, like so many places in this part of Washington County, is deeply rooted in agriculture, with vast fields of corn and wheat marching in ordered ranks across the landscape, their emerald and gold hues shifting with the seasons. The town itself, a quiet collection of businesses and homes, serves as a vital hub for the surrounding ranches and farms, a place where the day's work is measured by the sun's arc and the steady hum of machinery. Occasionally, a grain elevator, a sentinel against the sky, stands as a monument to the bounty this land can yield, a starkly functional beauty against the unending prairie.
Live animated radar for Otis and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Otis, Washington County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 40.148872°N, 102.962993°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80743 |
| Area Code | 970 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Otis, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Otis, 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 Otis includes coordinates 40.148872°N, 102.962993°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 80743. 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.
