Upper Witter Gulch, Colorado Weather
Upper Witter Gulch, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Upper Witter Gulch, Clear Creek County.
Full aviation weather for Upper Witter Gulch is published on the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) page, 38 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. 5 airfields within reach of Upper Witter Gulch 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 Upper Witter Gulch: Boulder Municipal Airport (KBDU) 46 km · Centennial Airport (KAPA) 51 km · Erie Municipal Airport (KEIK) 51 km · Buckley Space Force Base (KBKF) 58 km
Conditions reported at KBJC describe the airfield itself. Weather 38 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Upper Witter Gulch specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Upper Witter Gulch.
About Upper Witter Gulch, Colorado
Upper Witter Gulch is a place where the sky seems to press down, a vast expanse of sapphire above the sharp, saw-toothed peaks that cradle the valley. It lies 15.2 miles west-north-west of Dakota Ridge, CO (from Dakota Ridge, CO: bearing 285°T), and is situated 6.2 miles west-north-west of Evergreen. The air, thin and crisp, carries the scent of pine and damp earth, a constant reminder of the immense granite walls that rise on either side, their scree slopes a chaotic, beautiful tumble of fractured stone. Sparse meadows, dotted with tenacious wildflowers in summer, give way to dense stands of evergreen, their dark needles catching the infrequent shafts of sunlight. The land here feels ancient, unyielding, shaped by forces that dwarf human endeavor, and the silence, when it descends, is profound, broken only by the distant, insistent whisper of Clear Creek as it carves its relentless path through the bedrock. The history of Upper Witter Gulch is etched into its very geography, a narrative of boom and bust deeply intertwined with the veins of silver and gold that once pulsed beneath its surface. The ghosts of prospectors and miners linger in the scattered remnants of cabins and mine shafts that cling precariously to the mountainsides, silent testaments to fortunes sought and often lost. The local economy, now less reliant on the fickle embrace of ore, finds its footing in the quiet resilience of those who call this gulch home, a blend of hardy individuals who maintain a connection to the land and a growing appreciation for its stark, untamed beauty that draws visitors seeking solace and adventure. The pace of life in Upper Witter Gulch moves with the slow, deliberate rhythm of seasons, a gentle unfolding under the watchful gaze of the towering Continental Divide.
Live animated radar for Upper Witter Gulch 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.
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| Location | Upper Witter Gulch, Clear Creek County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.66018°N, 105.428019°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80439 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Upper Witter Gulch, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Witter Gulch, 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 Upper Witter Gulch includes coordinates 39.660180°N, 105.428019°W, situated in Clear Creek County. ZIP code 80439. Telephone area code: 303, 720. 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.
