Phippsburg, Colorado Weather
Phippsburg, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Phippsburg, Routt County.
Full aviation weather for Phippsburg is published on the Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Field (KSBS) page, 32 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. 4 airfields within reach of Phippsburg 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 Phippsburg: Yampa Valley Airport (KHDN) 36 km · McElroy Airfield (K20V) 53 km · Craig Moffat Airport (KCAG) 57 km
Conditions reported at KSBS describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Phippsburg specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Phippsburg.
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.
Live animated radar for Phippsburg 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
