Towner, Colorado Weather
Towner, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Towner, Kiowa County.
Full aviation weather for Towner is published on the Holly Airport (KK08) page, 49 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KK08 describe the airfield itself. Weather 49 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Towner specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Towner.
About Towner, Colorado
Towner exists as a low-slung presence against the vast canvas of Kiowa County, a place where the sky seems to hold dominion over the horizon. It lies 74.0 miles west-north-west of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 298°T), and is situated 17.7 miles west of Tribune. The land here is a study in subtle gradients, a gently rolling expanse of shortgrass prairie that stretches to meet the distant, hazy blue of the mountains. Dust, fine and ochre, is a constant companion, coating everything with a powdery sheen, and in the late afternoon, the light bleeds across the landscape in long, honeyed strokes, softening the sharp edges of the few buildings and turning the dry grasses to burnished gold. The air itself carries a clean, dry scent, tinged with the faint, earthy aroma of sun-baked soil and the distant breath of sage. The history of Towner is written in the land and the sparse, resilient lives that have been drawn to it. Its origins are tied to the agricultural promise of the plains, a testament to the tenacity of those who sought to cultivate this often unforgiving terrain. For decades, the local economy has been largely tethered to the fortunes of ranching and farming, the cycles of rain and drought dictating the pulse of daily life. While the railroad once played a more prominent role, its diminished presence now underscores the quietude that defines Towner, a place where the pace of existence is measured by the slow arc of the sun and the whisper of the wind across the open country.
Live animated radar for Towner 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 | Towner, Kiowa County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 38.470849°N, 102.079626°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81071 |
| Area Code | 970 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Towner, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Towner, 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 Towner includes coordinates 38.470849°N, 102.079626°W, situated in Kiowa County. ZIP code 81071. 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.
