Lapoint, Utah Weather
Lapoint, Utah — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lapoint, Uintah County.
Full aviation weather for Lapoint is published on the Vernal Regional Airport (KVEL) page, 24 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 Lapoint 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 Lapoint: Duchesne Municipal Airport (KU69) 55 km
Conditions reported at KVEL describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lapoint specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lapoint.
About Lapoint, Utah
Lapoint sits on a wide, sun-baked plain, a place where the earth stretches out in vast, undulating waves of ochre and sage, meeting a sky that feels impossibly large. It lies 97.2 miles east of Springville, UT (from Springville, UT: bearing 80°T), and is situated 14.4 miles west-south-west of Vernal. The air here carries the dry, crisp scent of desert scrub and distant juniper, and the silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind across the scrubland. Mountains, rugged and ancient, stand sentinel on the horizon, their peaks often dusted with snow even when the valley floor bakes under the relentless summer sun. The landscape is a study in muted palettes, where the subtle shift of light can transform the very character of the land, turning the dusty roads into ribbons of gold at dusk. The story of Lapoint is one of hardy pioneers and the enduring promise of the land, a place where ranches and farms have long been the heart of the local economy. Water, precious and life-giving, has shaped the settlement, with irrigation ditches tracing silver lines across the arid terrain, nurturing fields of alfalfa and supporting cattle ranches. This is a community that has learned to live in concert with the seasons, where the rhythm of planting and harvest dictates the pulse of life. While the oil and gas industry has brought modern development to the broader region, Lapoint itself retains a quiet dignity, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who chose to make their home in this starkly beautiful corner of the world.
Live animated radar for Lapoint 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 | Lapoint, Uintah County, Utah |
| Coordinates | 40.403847°N, 109.793479°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 84039 |
| Area Code | 801, 385 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lapoint, Utah Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lapoint, 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 Lapoint includes coordinates 40.403847°N, 109.793479°W, situated in Uintah County. ZIP code 84039. 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.
