Loa, Utah Weather
Loa, Utah — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Loa, Wayne County.
Full aviation weather for Loa is published on the Wayne Wonderland Airport (K38U) page, 6 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. 3 airfields within reach of Loa 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 Loa: Junction Airport (KU13) 53 km · Richfield Municipal Airport (KRIF) 54 km
Conditions reported at K38U describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Loa specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Loa.
About Loa, Utah
Loa sits in a wide, sun-drenched basin, a place where the earth exhales a dry, mineral scent. It lies 92.0 miles east-north-east of Cedar City, UT (from Cedar City, UT: bearing 57°T), and is situated 34.9 miles south-east of Richfield. The landscape here is a study in muted tones and broad horizons, a vast expanse of sagebrush and scrub oak clinging to rolling hills that rise towards the formidable peaks of the Henry Mountains in the distance. The sky overhead is a boundless canvas, often a brilliant, almost impossibly deep blue, that seems to press down on the land with a gentle, persistent weight, especially in the quiet hours of late afternoon when the light softens and begins to slant across the valley floor. The air itself carries a certain stillness, broken only by the whisper of wind or the distant call of a hawk. The history of Loa is deeply entwined with the arid embrace of this high desert country, a story shaped by hardy pioneers seeking sustenance and opportunity. For generations, the local economy has been tethered to the land, with ranching and agriculture, particularly alfalfa and cattle, forming the backbone of its livelihood, sustained by the irrigation ditches that snake across the valley, a testament to human perseverance against the dry climate. The town itself, a modest collection of buildings, retains a sense of its early days, a place where the pace of life is measured by the turning of the seasons and the steady work of the fields, and where the evenings often bring a profound, star-dusted silence to the landscape.
Live animated radar for Loa 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 | Loa, Wayne County, Utah |
| Coordinates | 38.402757°N, 111.642962°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 84747 |
| Area Code | 801 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Loa, Utah Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Loa, 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 Loa includes coordinates 38.402757°N, 111.642962°W, situated in Wayne County. ZIP code 84747. 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.
