La Junta, CO Weather Forecast
Otero County, Colorado
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for La Junta, 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.
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La Junta, CO at a glance
La Junta is home to about 7,033 people in Otero County, across 3.2 square miles. It ranks 66th by population of 105 places in Colorado with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Rocky Ford, 11 miles away.
- County
- Otero County
- Population
- 7,033 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,201
- Forecast point
- 37.9794°N, 103.5473°W
How well can the network see La Junta?
The nearest Doppler radar is KPUX (Pueblo, CO), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 3,300 ft above La Junta. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KLHX (La Junta Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near La Junta
- Rocky Ford, CO11 mi
- Lamar, CO51 mi
- Pueblo, CO61 mi
- Walsenburg, CO72 mi
- Trinidad, CO76 mi
- Fountain, CO79 mi
- Colorado Springs, CO90 mi
- Raton, NM90 mi
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