Paonia, Colorado Weather
Paonia, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Paonia, Delta County.
Full aviation weather for Paonia is published on the North Fork Valley Airport (K7V2) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Paonia 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 Paonia: Crawford Airport (K99V) 19 km · Blake Field (KAJZ) 42 km · Montrose Regional Airport (KMTJ) 48 km · Westwinds Airport (KD17) 50 km
Conditions reported at K7V2 describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Paonia specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Paonia, Colorado
Paonia rests in a high desert valley, a place where the Grand Mesa’s immense, flat-topped presence looms to the south, its rim a jagged line against the impossibly blue Colorado sky. It lies 53.2 miles east-south-east of Grand Junction, CO (from Grand Junction, CO: bearing 104°T), and is situated 8.3 miles north-east of Hotchkiss. The North Fork of the Gunnison River, a ribbon of cool, clear water, meanders through the valley floor, irrigating fields of fruit trees and vineyards that paint the landscape in hues of emerald and gold, especially vibrant under the fierce, unblinking sun of high summer. Cottonwood trees, their leaves catching the light like a thousand tiny mirrors, line the riverbanks, their roots anchored deep in the rich, alluvial soil that has sustained life here for generations. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the sweet perfume of ripening peaches and the earthy undertones of sun-baked earth. The legacy of coal mining runs deep in the veins of Paonia, a history that shaped its early economy and left an indelible mark on the surrounding hillsides, where the scars of past extraction are slowly being reclaimed by tenacious scrub oak and hardy desert wildflowers. Though the mines have largely quieted, the spirit of hard work and resilience remains, now channeled into a thriving agricultural community renowned for its organic produce, artisanal wines, and a burgeoning craft beverage scene. This transition has infused Paonia with a unique character, a blend of old-world grit and new-world creativity, where weathered barns stand sentinel over rows of heirloom tomatoes and the laughter from a local brewery spills into the quiet evening air. The town’s quiet rhythm, punctuated by the distant rumble of a freight train or the cheerful chirping of meadowlarks, speaks of a place content in its own skin, a sanctuary where the land dictates the pace of life.
Live animated radar for Paonia 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 | Paonia, Delta County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 38.86832°N, 107.592002°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81428 |
| Area Code | 719 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Paonia, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Paonia, 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 Paonia includes coordinates 38.868320°N, 107.592002°W, situated in Delta County. ZIP code 81428. Telephone area code: 719. 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.
