New Castle, CO Weather Forecast
Garfield County, Colorado
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for New Castle, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in this morning
It is 42° with a dew point of 27°, which is dry for this time of year. The sky is mostly cloudy. The air is close to calm.
The wind turns to the west-southwest around 11 AM. The first rain arrives between 6 AM and 7 AM, with the best chance of it around 9 PM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 6 AM, and it closes quickly after that.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Wet through the window, then cooler and clearing
Wet weather moves in around 6 AM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.36 in.
The overnight low settles near 38°. Tomorrow reaches 50°, 9° cooler than today. It also gets muggier, so tomorrow will feel warmer than the number on its own suggests.
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
24–59°F across the weekThe week runs between 30° and 59°, with today the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Wednesday is the wettest day, peaking near 71%. 3 of the 7 days stay dry.
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New Castle, CO at a glance
New Castle is home to about 4,866 people in Garfield County, across 2.5 square miles. It ranks 82nd by population of 105 places in Colorado with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Silt, 7 miles away.
- County
- Garfield County
- Population
- 4,866 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2.5 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,950
- Forecast point
- 39.5776°N, 107.5265°W
How well can the network see New Castle?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGJX (Grand Junction, CO), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 3,700 ft above New Castle. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KRIL (Rifle/Garfield Cnty). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near New Castle
- Silt, CO7 mi
- Glenwood Springs, CO10 mi
- Rifle, CO13 mi
- Carbondale, CO21 mi
- Basalt, CO29 mi
- Gypsum, CO30 mi
- Eagle, CO38 mi
- Snowmass Village, CO40 mi
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