Southern Ute, Colorado Weather
Southern Ute, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Southern Ute, La Plata County.
Full aviation weather for Southern Ute is published on the Durango La Plata County Airport (KDRO) page, 17 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 Southern Ute 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 Southern Ute: Animas Air Park (K00C) 28 km · Stevens Field (KPSO) 53 km
Conditions reported at KDRO describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Southern Ute specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Southern Ute.
About Southern Ute, Colorado
Southern Ute stretches across a landscape defined by the rugged embrace of the San Juan Mountains. It lies 42.1 miles north-east of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 55°T), and is situated 3.5 miles south-east of Ignacio. The land here is a study in ochre and sagebrush, broken by the deep gouges of arroyos where water, when it comes, carves its determined path. High desert air, thin and crisp, carries the scent of piñon pine and the distant, dry whisper of wind across vast mesas that stand like ancient sentinels. The sky itself is a boundless canvas, a startling, almost violent blue during the day, which softens to hues of rose and bruised violet as the sun dips below the western horizon, painting long, stretching shadows that reclaim the land. In the quiet evenings, the silence here is profound, broken only by the occasional call of a hawk or the low hum of unseen insects. The enduring presence of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe imbues this place with a deep history that predates colonial settlement by millennia. Their ancestral lands, a rich tapestry of tradition and resilience, have shaped the very character of Southern Ute. The economy, once driven by the rhythms of agriculture and the extraction of natural resources, now navigates a more complex path, balancing heritage with contemporary opportunities. Cattle graze on windswept pastures, a living echo of a pastoral past, while the energy sector continues to play a role, a stark contrast to the timeless beauty of the surrounding terrain. The distinctive red rock formations, weathered by eons of wind and water, stand as silent witnesses to the generations that have called this land home, a testament to a spirit as unyielding as the mountains themselves.
Live animated radar for Southern Ute 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 | Southern Ute, La Plata County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 37.0749°N, 107.5933°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81137 |
| Area Code | 719 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Southern Ute, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southern Ute, 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 Southern Ute includes coordinates 37.074900°N, 107.593300°W, situated in La Plata County. ZIP code 81137. 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.
