Fort Collins, CO Weather Forecast
Larimer County, Colorado
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Fort Collins, 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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Fort Collins, CO at a glance
Fort Collins is home to about 170,376 people in Larimer County, across 57 square miles. It ranks 4th by population of 105 places in Colorado with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Timnath, 5 miles away.
- County
- Larimer County
- Population
- 170,376 2023 est.
- Land area
- 57 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,977
- Forecast point
- 40.5482°N, 105.0648°W
How well can the network see Fort Collins?
The nearest Doppler radar is KCYS (Cheyenne, WY), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,000 ft above Fort Collins. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Fort Collins is closer to its radar than 51% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KFNL (Fort Collins/N Colorado Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Fort Collins
- Timnath, CO5 mi
- Loveland, CO9 mi
- Windsor, CO9 mi
- Wellington, CO11 mi
- Severance, CO12 mi
- Ault, CO17 mi
- Greeley, CO18 mi
- Johnstown, CO19 mi
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