Current weather conditions and live observations for Vail based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on snow-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Vail right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather Conditions near Vail as reported by the 5 closest weather stations (updated hourly)
Distance / Altitude	Resort	Report Date / Time	Weather	Wind	Temp.	Visibility	Cloud
27 km / 3680 m	Red Cliff Pass (Colorado)	2012-05-27 12:33 local (2012-05-27 19:33 GMT)	Dry and cloudy	moderate winds from the SW.(Wind varies from 190 to 260 degs) (20 km/h at 230)	3 °C	16	scattered broken overcast
45 km / 3028 m	Leadville (Colorado)	2012-05-27 11:53 local (2012-05-27 18:53 GMT)	-	moderate winds from the W (26 km/h at 270)	7 °C	16	few
46 km / 2259 m	Kremmling Awos (Colorado)	2012-05-27 12:32 local (2012-05-27 19:32 GMT)	Clear	moderate winds from the SW (28 km/h at 230)	13 °C	16
47 km / 1993 m	Eagle Co. Region (Colorado)	2012-05-27 11:50 local (2012-05-27 18:50 GMT)	Dry and partly cloudy	fresh winds from the WSW (37 km/h at 250)	13 °C	16	broken
62 km / 2354 m	Aspen (Colorado)	2012-05-27 11:53 local (2012-05-27 18:53 GMT)	Dry and partly cloudy	light winds from the SSW (17 km/h at 200)	12 °C	16	scattered
* NOTE: not all weather stations update at the same frequency which is the reason why some resorts may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include Ship synop data if a synop is submitted close to Vail and within an acceptable time window.