Fort Laramie, Wyoming Weather
Fort Laramie, Wyoming — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fort Laramie, Goshen County.
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About Fort Laramie, Wyoming
Fort Laramie lies under a vast Wyoming sky, where the North Platte and Laramie Rivers converge in a broad, sun-baked landscape. It lies 75.8 miles north-north-east of Cheyenne, WY (from Cheyenne, WY: bearing 12°T), and is situated 20.0 miles west-north-west of Torrington. The terrain here is a study in muted ochres and dusty greens, a place where the land seems to hold its breath, waiting for the wind to sculpt it anew. Low, rounded hills, softened by millennia of erosion, cradle the confluence, their slopes dotted with sagebrush and hardy grasses that shimmer like spun gold when the afternoon sun hits them just right. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a mixture of sun-baked earth and the faint, metallic tang of distant minerals, and the silence is profound, broken only by the rustle of wind through the dry vegetation or the distant cry of a hawk circling overhead. The history of Fort Laramie is written in the very dust that settles on its weathered buildings, a testament to its pivotal role as a hub on the Oregon, California, and Bozeman Trails. For decades, this was a vital waypoint for pioneers, traders, and soldiers, a place where hopes were forged and destinies were shaped under the immense western sky. The economy of Fort Laramie, while smaller now than in its frontier heyday, still draws strength from the land and its legacy. Ranching remains a cornerstone, with cattle grazing on the wide-open pastures that stretch towards the horizon, and the enduring spirit of the West is palpable in the quiet, resilient character of its inhabitants. The echoes of wagon wheels and the conversations of prospectors seem to linger in the dry air, a subtle reminder of the grand human drama that unfolded here.
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| Location | Fort Laramie, Goshen County, Wyoming |
| Coordinates | 42.212745°N, 104.517179°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 82212 |
| Area Code | 307 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Laramie, Wyoming Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Laramie, Wyoming, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Fort Laramie includes coordinates 42.212745°N, 104.517179°W, situated in Goshen County. ZIP code 82212. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
