Current weather
Checking the latest reportMeasured conditions from the National Weather Service.
BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT
Fort Collins weather, air quality and conditions
Plan around Fort Collins’s forecast, nearby weather observations and current regional air reports.
Peak UV forecast
Checking the forecastThe EPA's daily peak forecast, with its own forecast date.
UV index guide ↗Weather alerts
Checking local alertsOfficial alerts covering the Fort Collins area.
View the official forecast and alerts ↗Forecast
Forecast
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Official NWS forecast ↗Gas prices
View the gas guide for available station reports and their report times. Confirm pump prices and any cash or membership conditions with the station.
Air quality and roads
Current air-quality and highway information from the official services.
Check air quality and road closures before heading out. For pollen levels, consult a local allergy forecast.
Sunrise and sunset
Plan around sunrise, sunset and the golden-hour windows, calculated for Fort Collins and shown in Mountain time.
Plan a golden hour →Conditions update throughout the day.
Rivers and streams
Latest readings from U.S. Geological Survey gauges near Fort Collins. Provisional data, not a flood forecast; follow National Weather Service flood warnings.
Cache La Poudre River at Fort Collins, CO
2.8 miles from the city center
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- Gage height
- Water temperature
Cache La Poudre River above Boxelder Crk near Timnath, CO
2.9 miles from the city center
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- Gage height
- Water temperature
Big Thompson River at Loveland, Co.
11.7 miles from the city center
- Flow
- Gage height
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North Fork Cache La Poudre River at Livermore, CO
19.2 miles from the city center
- Flow
- Gage height
- Water temperature
Where Fort Collins's readings come from
- Forecast
- National Weather Service Denver/Boulder, CO office, forecast grid square 63,98. NWS Denver/Boulder, CO ↗
- Current conditions
- Fort Collins/Loveland - Northern Colorado Regional Airport (KFNL). KFNL recent observations ↗
- UV index
- EPA daily UV forecast for ZIP code 80524. About the UV index ↗
- Air quality
- AirNow reporting area: Fort Collins, CO. AirNow ↗
- Weather alerts
- Active NWS alerts for the point at Fort Collins's center, in Larimer County. NWS alerts ↗
- Climate normals
- NOAA 1991–2020 normals at FT COLLINS, CO, 2.3 miles away: July averages a high of 87°F and January a low of 18°F, with about 16 inches of precipitation a year and 51 inches of snow. NOAA normals data ↗