Phippsburg, Colorado Weather
Phippsburg, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Phippsburg, Routt County.
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About Phippsburg, Colorado
Phippsburg unfolds across a high mountain valley, a place where the immense sky feels closer, its blue a deeper, more resonant hue. It lies 89.7 miles west of Boulder, CO (from Boulder, CO: bearing 280°T), and is situated 3.1 miles south-south-east of Oak Creek. The landscape here is a study in rugged contrasts: rolling foothills, cloaked in sagebrush and the tough, wind-scoured grasses of the high plains, give way to steeper slopes where juniper and pine cling tenaciously to the rocky ground. A palpable stillness often settles over the land, broken only by the sigh of wind through the sparse trees or the distant cry of a hawk circling overhead, its shadow a fleeting brushstroke against the sun-baked earth. The air itself carries a crispness, an exhilarating purity that speaks of altitude and vast, untamed spaces. The story of Phippsburg is written in the legacy of the land and the hardy souls who have sought their fortunes here. Once a hub for the booming coal mining industry that shaped much of this region, its economy has since shifted, finding new life in ranching and the growing allure of outdoor recreation. The echoes of pickaxes and the rumble of ore carts are now replaced by the quiet hum of ATVs and the murmur of anglers drawn to the nearby waters, their hopes cast with the silver shimmer of flies. This is a place where history is not buried but worn openly, a living part of the character of Phippsburg, where the resilience of the past informs the understated present.
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| Location | Phippsburg, Routt County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 40.232204°N, 106.94366°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80469 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Phippsburg, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Phippsburg, 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 Phippsburg includes coordinates 40.232204°N, 106.943660°W, situated in Routt County. ZIP code 80469. Telephone area code: 303, 720. 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.
