Rocky Ford, CO Weather Forecast
Otero County, Colorado
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Rocky Ford, 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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Rocky Ford, CO at a glance
Rocky Ford is home to about 3,819 people in Otero County, across 1.7 square miles. It ranks 89th by population of 105 places in Colorado with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is La Junta, 11 miles away.
- County
- Otero County
- Population
- 3,819 2023 est.
- Land area
- 1.7 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,275
- Forecast point
- 38.0499°N, 103.7221°W
How well can the network see Rocky Ford?
The nearest Doppler radar is KPUX (Pueblo, CO), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,400 ft above Rocky Ford. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Rocky Ford is closer to its radar than 59% of US cities.
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 Rocky Ford
- La Junta, CO11 mi
- Pueblo, CO51 mi
- Lamar, CO60 mi
- Walsenburg, CO65 mi
- Fountain, CO68 mi
- Trinidad, CO74 mi
- Colorado Springs, CO80 mi
- Manitou Springs, CO85 mi
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