Lafayette, CO Weather Forecast
Boulder County, Colorado
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lafayette, 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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Lafayette, CO at a glance
Lafayette is home to about 30,439 people in Boulder County, across 9.2 square miles. It ranks 27th by population of 105 places in Colorado with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Louisville, 3 miles away.
- County
- Boulder County
- Population
- 30,439 2023 est.
- Land area
- 9.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,297
- Forecast point
- 39.9948°N, 105.0997°W
How well can the network see Lafayette?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFTG (Denver, CO), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,000 ft above Lafayette. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Lafayette is closer to its radar than 67% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KEIK (Erie Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Lafayette
- Louisville, CO3 mi
- Broomfield, CO4 mi
- Erie, CO5 mi
- Superior, CO5 mi
- Westminster, CO8 mi
- Boulder, CO8 mi
- Northglenn, CO8 mi
- Dacono, CO9 mi
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