Valdez, Colorado Weather
Valdez, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Valdez, Las Animas County.
Full aviation weather for Valdez is published on the Perry Stokes Airport (KTAD) page, 35 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 Valdez 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 Valdez: Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field (KRTN) 46 km · Cuchara Valley At La Veta Airport (K07V) 52 km
Conditions reported at KTAD describe the airfield itself. Weather 35 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Valdez specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Valdez.
About Valdez, Colorado
Valdez breathes the high plains air, a scattering of sturdy buildings humbled by the vastness of the Colorado sky. It lies 78.4 miles south of Pueblo, CO (from Pueblo, CO: bearing 184°T), and is situated 11.6 miles west-south-west of Trinidad. Here, the land unfolds in broad, sun-baked plains, punctuated by the distant, hazy blue of the Spanish Peaks, their ancient forms a constant, silent sentinel. The terrain is largely open, a canvas of muted greens and ochres stretching towards horizons that seem to drink the light. A quiet determination seems to emanate from the very soil, a resilience born of wind and sun, where the wind itself often seems to be the most vocal resident, whispering secrets through the sparse cottonwoods that offer scant shade. The light here possesses a peculiar clarity, especially in the late afternoon, when it sharpens the edges of everything and casts long, indigo shadows that deepen the sense of immense space. Valdez, though small, carries the echoes of a past tied to the land's bounty and the hardiness of its people. Its economy, once perhaps more robust with cattle ranching and the promise of mineral wealth, now finds its footing in a quieter, more enduring connection to agriculture, with fields that surrender their yield to the demanding climate. The character of Valdez is that of enduring spirit, a testament to those who chose to make their lives in this exposed, yet beautiful, corner of Las Animas County. It is a place where the pace of life is dictated by the sun’s arc and the seasons’ turn, a gentle reminder of a simpler, more elemental existence, where community is found not in grand pronouncements, but in the shared understanding of the land and its ways.
Live animated radar for Valdez 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 | Valdez, Las Animas County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 37.122243°N, 104.701935°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 Valdez, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Valdez, 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 Valdez includes coordinates 37.122243°N, 104.701935°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.
