Weather & Agricultural Conditions
Northern Colorado — Poudre Basin
7-Day Forecast — Wellington / Northern Colorado
Source: National Weather Service (BOU) — Updated hourly — No API key required
Updated 14 min ago
Agricultural Conditions
Source: CoAgMet / Colorado State University — Updated every 5–60 min — No API key required
ET (evapotranspiration) = daily water loss from crops/soil. Use this to estimate irrigation demand.
CoAgMet FTC01 — CSU agricultural weather station
Updated 14 min ago — obs. 2026-05-12T12:55
CoAgMet ALT01 — NPIC delivery area conditions
Updated 14 min ago — obs. 2026-05-12T13:00
CoAgMet FTC03 — agricultural research station
Updated 14 min ago — obs. 2026-05-12T13:05
Mountain Watershed — Poudre Canyon / Cameron Pass
Source: Open-Meteo — Elevation 3279.0 m (10758 ft) — Free, no API key
Upper watershed conditions drive Halligan inflow and North Fork flows. Snow at elevation = future water supply.
Updated 14 min ago
Headwater Snowpack & Temperature — Poudre Watershed
Source: NRCS SNOTEL — Daily — No API key required
SWE (Snow Water Equivalent) = inches of water locked in the snowpack — the key water supply indicator. Snow Depth = total inches of snow on the ground. % of median compares to the 1991–2020 historical average for this date.
North Fork Cache la Poudre headwaters — 10,240 ft
Updated 14 min ago — data date 2026-05-09
Joe Wright Creek headwaters — 10,140 ft
Updated 14 min ago — data date 2026-05-11