Sierra Ridge, Colorado Weather
Sierra Ridge, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Sierra Ridge, Douglas County.
Full aviation weather for Sierra Ridge is published on the Centennial Airport (KAPA) page, 5 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 Sierra Ridge 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 Sierra Ridge: Buckley Space Force Base (KBKF) 20 km · Colorado Air and Space Port (KCFO) 37 km · Denver International Airport (KDEN) 39 km · Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) 49 km · Erie Municipal Airport (KEIK) 57 km
Conditions reported at KAPA describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sierra Ridge specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Sierra Ridge, Colorado
Sierra Ridge unfurls its broad shoulders beneath the vast Colorado sky, a landscape of rolling terrain where the ponderosa pines stand sentinel. It lies 3.2 miles west-north-west of Parker, CO (from Parker, CO: bearing 286°T), and is situated 4.6 miles south-east of Centennial. The air here carries the crisp, dry scent of sun-baked earth and resin, a perfume that mingles with the fainter, sweeter breath of wild sagebrush. Distant mesas, etched with the patient artistry of wind and water, form a rugged horizon, their surfaces shifting from ochre to deep violet as the day progresses. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, possesses a singular quality, a molten gold that spills across the grasslands, illuminating the fine dust motes dancing in the gentle breeze and lending an almost ethereal glow to the hardy, low-lying scrub. The story of Sierra Ridge is one of quiet perseverance, a narrative etched not in grand pronouncements but in the enduring spirit of its people and the land they cultivate. Once a place where the vastness of the prairie met the burgeoning promise of the West, its economy has long been tied to the earth, with ranching and a hardy agricultural spirit shaping its character. Though the relentless march of development has brought new faces and new industries, a deep respect for the open spaces and the elemental forces that shaped this region remains. You can still feel the echoes of those who first sought a life here, their dreams and struggles woven into the very fabric of the land, a subtle hum beneath the surface of everyday life in Sierra Ridge.
Live animated radar for Sierra Ridge 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 | Sierra Ridge, Douglas County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.531367°N, 104.818119°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80134 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sierra Ridge, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sierra Ridge, 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 Sierra Ridge includes coordinates 39.531367°N, 104.818119°W, situated in Douglas County. ZIP code 80134. 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.
