Etna, Wyoming Weather
Etna, Wyoming — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Etna, Lincoln County.
Full aviation weather for Etna is published on the Afton Municipal Airport (KAFO) page, 36 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KAFO describe the airfield itself. Weather 36 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Etna specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Etna.
About Etna, Wyoming
Etna rests in a wide basin, a scatter of ranches and homes embraced by the sweeping, tawny shoulders of the Wyoming Range. It lies 59.6 miles east-south-east of Idaho Falls, ID (from Idaho Falls, ID: bearing 120°T), and is situated 5.1 miles north-north-west of Star Valley Ranch. The air here, even in the height of summer, carries a crispness, a clean, high-altitude breath that hints at the snowmelt still feeding the creeks winding down from the peaks. Grasslands, a deep, sun-bleached gold, stretch out in every direction, broken only by the darker green of cottonwoods that cluster along the watercourses, their leaves whispering secrets in the persistent breeze. Distant ridgelines, softened by the haze of a warm afternoon, form a constant, silent backdrop to the slow unfolding of days in Etna. The lifeblood of Etna has long been tied to the land, a legacy of ranching and agriculture that defines the valley's character. Generations have worked these soils, coaxing sustenance from the earth under the vast, indifferent sky, and that enduring connection is palpable. The local economy, though modest, thrives on the quiet industry of livestock and the occasional small business catering to the needs of the scattered homesteads. You can feel the history in the weathered wood of the old barns and the slow, deliberate pace of life, a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the quiet demands of the herds, a stark contrast to the hurried world beyond the valley's embrace.
Live animated radar for Etna 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 | Etna, Lincoln County, Wyoming |
| Coordinates | 43.033254°N, 111.011046°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 83118 |
| Area Code | 307 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Etna, Wyoming Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Etna, Wyoming, 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 Etna includes coordinates 43.033254°N, 111.011046°W, situated in Lincoln County. ZIP code 83118. Telephone area code: 307. 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.
