Winter Park, Colorado Weather
Winter Park, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Winter Park, Grand County.
Full aviation weather for Winter Park is published on the Granby Grand County Airport (KGNB) page, 26 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 Winter Park 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 Winter Park: Boulder Municipal Airport (KBDU) 49 km · McElroy Airfield (K20V) 55 km · Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) 55 km · Vance Brand Airport (KLMO) 59 km
Conditions reported at KGNB describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Winter Park specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Winter Park.
About Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park unfolds as a vast, high-altitude meadow cupped within the embrace of the Continental Divide, a place where the air thins and sharpens, carrying the scent of pine and the distant murmur of snowmelt. It lies 27.4 miles west-south-west of Boulder, CO (from Boulder, CO: bearing 252°T), and is situated 4.7 miles south-east of Fraser. The landscape here is a dramatic study in elevation and openness; rolling hills, cloaked in conifer forests that climb towards the sky, give way to broad, sun-drenched valleys that seem to hold the very breath of the mountains. In summer, wildflowers paint the meadows in ephemeral hues, a vibrant contrast to the stoic, gray rock faces that guard the western horizon. Winter transforms this same terrain into a hushed, white kingdom, the silence broken only by the whisper of wind through snow-laden branches. The light at dawn and dusk possesses a particular clarity, a crystalline quality that seems to etch every detail of the surrounding peaks into the memory. The story of Winter Park is intrinsically tied to the spirit of adventure and the enduring allure of the Rocky Mountains. Its early days were shaped by the vision of Denver citizens seeking a place of natural respite, a sanctuary from the urban sprawl. The development of its famed ski resort, a cornerstone of the local economy, has drawn generations of visitors seeking the exhilaration of powder and the crisp bite of mountain air. Beyond the slopes, the enduring legacy of the Moffat Tunnel, a marvel of engineering that pierces the Continental Divide, speaks to the region's historical ambition and connectivity. The economy, while largely driven by tourism, also harbors a quiet resilience, with a scattering of year-round residents who cherish the unpretentious rhythm of life here, a cadence dictated more by the changing seasons than by the ticking of a clock.
Live animated radar for Winter Park 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 | Winter Park, Grand County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.891654°N, 105.763062°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80482 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Winter Park, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Winter Park, 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 Winter Park includes coordinates 39.891654°N, 105.763062°W, situated in Grand County. ZIP code 80482. 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.
