Sugar City, Colorado Weather
Sugar City, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sugar City, Crowley County.
Full aviation weather for Sugar City is published on the La Junta Municipal Airport (KLHX) page, 24 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. 2 airfields within reach of Sugar City 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 Sugar City: City of Las Animas Bent County Airport (K7V9) 42 km
Conditions reported at KLHX describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sugar City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sugar City.
About Sugar City, Colorado
Sugar City lies a low-slung silhouette against the immense Colorado sky, a place where the earth seems to sigh with a quiet, sun-baked patience. It lies 51.4 miles east of Pueblo, CO (from Pueblo, CO: bearing 91°T), and is situated 5.1 miles east of Ordway. The land here is a study in wide-open plains, a vast canvas of ochre and pale gold stretching to horizons that melt into the hazy blue. Wind, a constant, invisible sculptor, sweeps across the terrain, carrying the dry scent of sagebrush and the faint, sweet perfume of distant alfalfa fields. The light, particularly as the day begins its slow descent, imbues the entire landscape with a luminous warmth, turning the dusty roads and weathered fences into strokes of molten gold. The air itself feels thin and clean, a breath of pure, untamed space that hums with a profound stillness. The history of Sugar City is intrinsically tied to the fertile ground it occupies, a testament to the enduring power of agriculture in this often-austere environment. Once a bustling hub for sugar beet processing, the echoes of that industrial past still whisper on the breeze, though the great machinery has long since fallen silent. Now, the local economy is a more varied affair, a mosaic of farming, ranching, and the quiet perseverance of small businesses that serve the needs of the surrounding ranches and homesteads. The rhythm of life in Sugar City is dictated by the seasons and the sun, a gentle, unhurried cadence that allows for contemplation and a deep connection to the land. It is a place where the past is not forgotten but rather integrated into the present, a quiet dignity woven into the very fabric of its existence.
Live animated radar for Sugar City 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 | Sugar City, Crowley County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 38.231949°N, 103.663001°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81076 |
| Area Code | 970 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sugar City, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sugar City, 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 Sugar City includes coordinates 38.231949°N, 103.663001°W, situated in Crowley County. ZIP code 81076. Telephone area code: 970. 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.
