Ophir, Utah Weather
Ophir, Utah — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ophir, Tooele County.
Full aviation weather for Ophir is published on the West Desert Airpark (KUT9) page, 20 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. 6 airfields within reach of Ophir 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 Ophir: Bolinder Field Tooele Valley Airport (KTVY) 28 km · South Valley Regional Airport (KSVR) 36 km · Provo Municipal Airport (KPVU) 48 km · Salt Lake City International Airport (KSLC) 52 km · Spanish Fork Municipal Airport/Woodhouse Field (KSPK) 56 km
Conditions reported at KUT9 describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ophir specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ophir.
About Ophir, Utah
Ophir rests in a high desert valley, a place where the earth’s bones are laid bare under an immense sky. It lies 11.3 miles south of Tooele, UT (from Tooele, UT: bearing 169°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south-east of Stockton. The landscape here is a study in muted resilience, the distant Oquirrh Mountains a jagged, sun-bleached saw-edge against the cerulean expanse. Sagebrush, brittle and silver-green, carpets the slopes, punctuated by the stoic forms of juniper trees that cling to rocky outcroppings. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, sharp with the fragrance of sun-baked earth and wild herbs, and when the wind stirs, it whispers secrets through the sparse vegetation. Even the silence here feels textured, a vast, breathing quietude that is broken only by the occasional cry of a hawk circling overhead, its shadow briefly darkening the ochre soil below. This valley floor, now quiet, once thrummed with the feverish pulse of a mining boom, a history etched into the very terrain by prospectors seeking the rich veins of ore. Ophir was a place of fervent hope and hard labor, a transient settlement that sprang up almost overnight with the promise of fortune, its fortunes tied to the silver, lead, and zinc that lay hidden beneath the mountains. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, their legacy lingers in the scattered remnants of cabins and the faint scars on the hillsides, a quiet testament to the grit and determination of those who once called this place home. The local economy, now a whisper of its former self, relies more on the land's enduring beauty, attracting those who seek solace in its stark, untamed grandeur, drawn to Ophir for its remoteness and the profound peace it offers.
Live animated radar for Ophir 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 | Ophir, Tooele County, Utah |
| Coordinates | 40.36939°N, 112.258557°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 84071 |
| Area Code | 801, 385 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ophir, Utah Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ophir, 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 Ophir includes coordinates 40.369390°N, 112.258557°W, situated in Tooele County. ZIP code 84071. 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.
