Jensen, Utah Weather
Jensen, Utah — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jensen, Uintah County.
Full aviation weather for Jensen is published on the Vernal Regional Airport (KVEL) page, 17 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 Jensen 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 Jensen: Rangely Airport (K4V0) 57 km
Conditions reported at KVEL describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Jensen specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Jensen.
About Jensen, Utah
Jensen lies at the edge of a vast, sun-baked expanse, where the earth cracks into intricate patterns under a sky that stretches, uninterrupted, from horizon to horizon. It lies 99.4 miles north-north-west of Grand Junction, CO (from Grand Junction, CO: bearing 335°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east-south-east of Naples. The land here is a study in muted ochres and rusts, a palette borrowed from the ancient rock formations that rise like weathered sculptures from the desert floor. Scrubby sagebrush, resilient and low-slung, clings to the slopes, its silver-green leaves rustling in a wind that carries the faint, dry scent of dust and distant pine. The Green River, a ribbon of surprising vitality, cuts through this arid landscape, its banks fringed with cottonwoods that offer a verdant contrast, their leaves a shimmering gold in the late afternoon light. The story of Jensen is etched into the very bones of this country, a place where the echoes of ancient peoples meet the grit of the modern West. For millennia, this land was a corridor for life, a vital artery for those who followed the river's course. Later, the early settlers, drawn by the promise of water and fertile soil along the riverbanks, established a foothold, their efforts to coax sustenance from the earth a quiet testament to perseverance. Today, the local economy still draws sustenance from the land, with agriculture, particularly the cultivation of alfalfa and sugar beets, forming a quiet cornerstone, while the proximity to the famed Dinosaur National Monument draws curious visitors eager to glimpse the fossilized remains of a world long past. The rhythm of Jensen is unhurried, dictated by the sun's arc and the slow, steady flow of the Green River, a gentle reminder of the enduring power of nature.
Live animated radar for Jensen 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.
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| Location | Jensen, Uintah County, Utah |
| Coordinates | 40.369685°N, 109.334852°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 84010, 84754, 84035 |
| Area Code | 801, 385 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jensen, Utah Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jensen, 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 Jensen includes coordinates 40.369685°N, 109.334852°W, situated in Uintah County. ZIP code 84010, 84754, 84035. Telephone area code: 801, 385. 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.
