Sugar City, Colorado Weather
Sugar City, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sugar City, Crowley County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
