Trinidad, Colorado Weather
Trinidad, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Trinidad, Las Animas County.
Full aviation weather for Trinidad is published on the Perry Stokes Airport (KTAD) 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 Trinidad 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 Trinidad: Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field (KRTN) 48 km · Cuchara Valley At La Veta Airport (K07V) 60 km
Conditions reported at KTAD describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Trinidad specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Trinidad.
About Trinidad, Colorado
Trinidad, Colorado, unfurls across a high desert plain at the foot of the Spanish Peaks, a stark and beautiful landscape where the earth rises in ancient, weathered formations. It lies 75.2 miles south of Pueblo, CO (from Pueblo, CO: bearing 175°T), and is situated 18.7 miles north of Raton. The air here carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the subtle perfume of sagebrush and the distant promise of pine from the bordering mountains. Trinidad itself is a patchwork of sturdy brick buildings and wide avenues, a place where the vast, indifferent sky seems to press down, lending a quiet majesty to the everyday. Sunlight, particularly in the late afternoon, washes the ochre-colored hills in a molten gold, transforming the rugged terrain into something almost ethereal. This frontier town carries the indelible mark of its mining past, a history woven into the very bones of Trinidad. Coal seams once pulsed beneath this ground, fueling industries and drawing a diverse populace from across the globe, whose descendants still lend Trinidad its distinct cultural character. Today, while the mines have largely fallen silent, the spirit of resilience and independent endeavor persists, manifesting in a thriving arts scene and a growing agricultural presence that draws water from the Purgatoire River, a vital artery through this arid land. You can still feel the echoes of the railroad barons and the coal miners in the architecture and the unhurried pace of life, a testament to the enduring spirit of this Colorado gateway.
Live animated radar for Trinidad 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 | Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 37.169463°N, 104.500541°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81082 |
| Area Code | 970 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Trinidad, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Trinidad, 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 Trinidad includes coordinates 37.169463°N, 104.500541°W, situated in Las Animas County. ZIP code 81082. 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.
