Silt, Colorado Weather
Silt, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Silt, Garfield County.
Full aviation weather for Silt is published on the Garfield County Regional Airport (KRIL) page, 7 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. 3 airfields within reach of Silt 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 Silt: Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport (KGWS) 30 km · Meeker Airport (KEEO) 59 km
Conditions reported at KRIL describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Silt specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Silt, Colorado
Silt rests in a wide valley, where the Colorado River, a ribbon of glinting silver, has patiently etched its way through the sandstone. It lies 58.4 miles north-east of Grand Junction, CO (from Grand Junction, CO: bearing 55°T), and is situated 6.8 miles east of Rifle. The land here unfurls in broad strokes of ochre and sage, a landscape shaped by wind and water, its flanks rising to embrace the vast, indifferent sky. Cottonwood trees, their leaves a bright, almost translucent green, stand sentinel along the riverbanks, their roots anchoring them deep in the alluvial soil. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, mineral scent, a subtle perfume of sun-baked earth and distant pine. This stretch of the valley has long been a crossroads, first for Ute peoples, then for prospectors drawn by the promise of mineral wealth, and later still for ranchers and farmers lured by the river's bounty. The economy of Silt has historically been tied to the land, with agriculture and ranching forming its backbone, though the echoes of coal mining still resonate in the surrounding hills. The rhythm of life in Silt is dictated by the seasons, a gentle cadence of planting and harvest, of long, bright summers and crisp, clear winters. The presence of the river, ever flowing, lends a quiet continuity, a constant reminder of the forces that have shaped this place and continue to nurture it.
Live animated radar for Silt 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 | Silt, Garfield County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.548592°N, 107.656171°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81652 |
| Area Code | 719 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Silt, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Silt, 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 Silt includes coordinates 39.548592°N, 107.656171°W, situated in Garfield County. ZIP code 81652. 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.
