Ovid, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ovid, Sedgwick County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ovid.
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.
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| 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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, 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 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. 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.