Ruth, Nevada Weather
Ruth, Nevada — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ruth, White Pine County.
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About Ruth, Nevada
Ruth rests in a vast, high desert basin, where the sky stretches like an unspooled bolt of blue silk, often swept by clouds that cast fleeting shadows across the ochre earth. It lies 152.0 miles north-west of Cedar City, UT (from Cedar City, UT: bearing 317°T), and is situated 5.8 miles west-north-west of Ely. The landscape is a study in stark, enduring beauty, a place where weathered mesas rise like ancient sentinels and the air, thin and dry, carries the scent of sagebrush and distant pine. Sparse vegetation clings to the slopes, a testament to resilience, while the silence here is profound, broken only by the whisper of the wind and the occasional call of a hawk circling overhead. Even the light seems different, a sharper, more direct illumination that can be blinding at midday but softens into hues of rose and lavender as the sun begins its descent, painting the rugged terrain with a ephemeral glow. Ruth’s character is inextricably tied to the mineral wealth that has been drawn from the surrounding mountains for generations. The echoes of its mining past are not just in the scarred earth and the skeletal remains of mine shafts, but in the very spirit of the people who have made their lives here, a resourceful and independent folk accustomed to the ebb and flow of boom and bust. The local economy, though diversified, still bears the imprint of the mines, a persistent hum beneath the surface of everyday life. The distinctive red dust, a constant companion, settles on everything, a soft, pervasive reminder of the earth’s bounty and the labor it demands, binding the present to a history of grit and perseverance.
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| Location | Ruth, White Pine County, Nevada |
| Coordinates | 39.278272°N, 114.989189°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 89319 |
| Area Code | 702, 725 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ruth, Nevada Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ruth, Nevada, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Ruth includes coordinates 39.278272°N, 114.989189°W, situated in White Pine County. ZIP code 89319. Telephone area code: 702, 725. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
