Sugar, Colorado Weather
Sugar, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sugar, Prowers County.
Full aviation weather for Sugar is published on the Southeast Colorado Regional Airport (KLAA) page, 10 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. 4 airfields within reach of Sugar 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: Eads Municipal Airport (K9V7) 38 km · Holly Airport (KK08) 50 km · City of Las Animas Bent County Airport (K7V9) 51 km
Conditions reported at KLAA describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sugar specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sugar.
About Sugar, Colorado
Sugar lies beneath a vast, sweeping sky, its low-slung buildings giving way to an endless horizon. It lies 98.5 miles west of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 278°T), and is situated 5.1 miles north-north-west of Lamar. The land here is a canvas of muted earth tones, a wide expanse of prairie that rolls with a gentle, almost imperceptible swell towards distant, hazy mesas. The air carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of sun-baked soil and hardy grasses, and in the late afternoon, the light softens, casting long, golden shadows that stretch and deepen, painting the world in shades of amber and rose. The character of Sugar is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet resilience of its people, a stoicism born of living close to the elements, a profound understanding of the land's quiet generosity and its occasional, formidable power. The history of Sugar is tied to the fertile ground and the ceaseless flow of irrigation water, a lifeline drawn from the Arkansas River, which nourishes the fields and sustains the local economy. For generations, this region has been a heartland of agriculture, its rich soil yielding bountiful harvests of sugar beets, a crop that defines the very identity and prosperity of Sugar. The rhythmic hum of machinery during harvest season is the pulse of the community, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who work the land. Beyond the fields, the quiet hum of daily life unfolds, marked by neighborly waves and shared stories, a pace dictated by the seasons and the sun, a subtle but strong current of tradition that flows through the collective memory of Sugar.
Live animated radar for Sugar 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, Prowers County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 38.150286°N, 102.668528°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81052, 81092 |
| Area Code | 970 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sugar, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sugar, 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 includes coordinates 38.150286°N, 102.668528°W, situated in Prowers County. ZIP code 81052, 81092. Telephone area code: 970. Timezone: Mountain Time.
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.
