Yampa, Colorado Weather
Yampa, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Yampa, Routt County.
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About Yampa, Colorado
Yampa rests in a wide valley, cradled by the shoulders of rolling mountains that soften into the vast, blue Colorado sky. It lies 87.1 miles west of Boulder, CO (from Boulder, CO: bearing 277°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south-south-east of Oak Creek. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a crispness touched by pine and the dry scent of sun-baked earth, a subtle perfume that clings to the sagebrush and the hardy grasses. The Yampa River, a ribbon of cool, clear water, winds its way through this landscape, its banks fringed with cottonwoods that shed their papery leaves like coins in autumn. The mountains themselves, tinged with the purple haze of distance, seem to watch over the scattered ranches and the quiet streets of Yampa, their presence a constant, gentle reminder of the wildness that presses in from all sides. The pulse of Yampa beats with the rhythm of ranching and a deep-seated connection to the land, an inheritance from the homesteaders who first carved a life from this high country. For generations, cattle have grazed these meadows, their bells a distant, melodic chime on the wind, and the economy still leans on the strength of livestock and the bounty of the soil. Echoes of a mining past can be felt in the very bones of the region, though the pickaxes have long since fallen silent, replaced by the quiet hum of agricultural machinery and the slow, steady pace of everyday life. Yampa is a place where the stories of pioneers still feel close, whispered on the breeze that sweeps down from the Flat Tops Wilderness Area, a wild expanse that beckons with its untouched beauty and the promise of solitude.
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| Location | Yampa, Routt County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 40.152484°N, 106.908658°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80483 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Yampa, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Yampa, Colorado, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Yampa includes coordinates 40.152484°N, 106.908658°W, situated in Routt County. ZIP code 80483. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
