Escalante, Utah Weather
Escalante, Utah — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Escalante, Garfield County.
Full aviation weather for Escalante is published on the Escalante Municipal Airport (K1L7) page, 4 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 2 airfields within reach of Escalante have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Escalante: Bryce Canyon Airport (KBCE) 48 km
Conditions reported at K1L7 describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Escalante specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Escalante.
About Escalante, Utah
Escalante rests in a vast, ochre-hued basin, where the earth itself seems to exhale a dry, mineral scent. It lies 80.0 miles east of Cedar City, UT (from Cedar City, UT: bearing 85°T), and is situated 28.1 miles east-north-east of Tropic. Towering sandstone cliffs, sculpted by millennia of wind and water, ring the valley, their surfaces a mosaic of reds, oranges, and pale creams, particularly vivid when the low sun ignites them at dawn or dusk. The Escalante River, a ribbon of surprising green, threads its way through this austere landscape, its banks a haven for cottonwood trees whose leaves whisper secrets on the infrequent breeze. The air here is thin and carries the faint, clean tang of sagebrush and dust, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in from all sides. This is a place built on resilience, its history entwined with the discovery of coal and the tenacious spirit of those who sought to carve a life from this rugged terrain. For generations, the rhythm of Escalante was dictated by the demands of the mines, a hard-won prosperity that left its mark on the sturdy, practical architecture of the homes and businesses. Though the era of large-scale mining has largely receded, the echo of that industrial past lingers, a quiet hum beneath the surface. Today, Escalante draws visitors not for its subterranean wealth, but for the breathtaking panoramas of nearby Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, a vast expanse of wilderness where the earth's geological story unfolds in spectacular fashion, drawing hikers and adventurers to its labyrinthine canyons and soaring mesas.
Live animated radar for Escalante and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Escalante, Garfield County, Utah |
| Coordinates | 37.770266°N, 111.602119°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 84726 |
| Area Code | 801 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Escalante, Utah Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Escalante, Utah, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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 Escalante includes coordinates 37.770266°N, 111.602119°W, situated in Garfield County. ZIP code 84726. Telephone area code: 801. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. 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.
