Cortez, CO Weather Forecast
Montezuma County, Colorado
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Cortez, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Cortez, CO at a glance
Cortez is home to about 9,033 people in Montezuma County, across 6.2 square miles. It ranks 59th by population of 105 places in Colorado with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Durango, 39 miles away.
- County
- Montezuma County
- Population
- 9,033 2023 est.
- Land area
- 6.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,450
- Forecast point
- 37.3498°N, 108.5767°W
How well can the network see Cortez?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGJX (Grand Junction, CO), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 12,700 ft above Cortez. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Cortez looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KCEZ (Cortez/Montezuma Cnt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Cortez
- Durango, CO39 mi
- Farmington, NM47 mi
- Aztec, NM50 mi
- Bloomfield, NM53 mi
- Bayfield, CO55 mi
- Blanding, UT55 mi
- Telluride, CO58 mi
- Montrose, CO87 mi
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