Ovid, Colorado Weather
Ovid, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ovid, Sedgwick County.
Full aviation weather for Ovid is published on the Julesburg Municipal Airport (K7V8) page, 6 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. 6 airfields within reach of Ovid 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 Ovid: Billy G Ray Field (KCNP) 14 km · Haxtun Municipal Airport (K17V) 41 km · Holyoke Airport (KHEQ) 45 km · Garden County Airport/King Rhiley Field (KOKS) 49 km · Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field (KSNY) 52 km
Conditions reported at K7V8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ovid specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ovid.
About Ovid, Colorado
Ovid lies at the edge of a vast, sun-drenched expanse, where the land rolls out in an endless, ochre-tinged tapestry under a sky that stretches from horizon to horizon, a canvas of cerulean by day and an inky, star-dusted velvet by night. It lies 127.1 miles east-north-east of Greeley, CO (from Greeley, CO: bearing 72°T), and is situated 6.7 miles west-south-west of Julesburg. The very air here seems to hold a certain stillness, broken only by the whisper of wind through sparse grasses and the distant rumble of agricultural machinery. The terrain, a study in subtle gradients, suggests the patient work of eons, the land smoothed and shaped by forces far grander than human hands, offering a quiet, unadorned beauty that speaks of resilience and the enduring power of the elements. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, casts long, ethereal shadows that lend a profound depth to the landscape, transforming familiar fields into scenes of almost otherworldly grandeur. The history of Ovid is written not in grand monuments but in the persistent pulse of agriculture that has sustained its people for generations, a testament to the fertile, if demanding, soil that yields its bounty under the relentless prairie sun. This land, once the domain of vast herds and ancient winds, was settled by those who understood the quiet pact between human endeavor and the earth's generosity. The local economy, intrinsically tied to the cultivation of crops that feed distant cities, imbues Ovid with a steady, purposeful rhythm, a sense of purpose honed by the cyclical nature of planting and harvest. While there are no towering spires or bustling marketplaces, Ovid possesses a distinctive character, a quiet pride in its rootedness and the simple, enduring strength of its community, a place where the legacy of the land is as palpable as the dust that settles softly on the roads.
Live animated radar for Ovid 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 | Ovid, Sedgwick County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 40.960547°N, 102.387965°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80744 |
| Area Code | 970 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ovid, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ovid, 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 Ovid includes coordinates 40.960547°N, 102.387965°W, situated in Sedgwick County. ZIP code 80744. 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.
