James Town, Wyoming Weather
James Town, Wyoming — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for James Town, Sweetwater County.
Full aviation weather for James Town is published on the Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport (K48U) page, 11 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 James Town 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 James Town: Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport (KRKS) 38 km
Conditions reported at K48U describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at James Town specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for James Town.
About James Town, Wyoming
James Town sprawls across a sun-baked expanse where the land, in its raw, unvarnished state, rolls with a quiet dignity under an immense Wyoming sky. It lies 120.3 miles east of Logan, UT (from Logan, UT: bearing 95°T), and is situated 3.2 miles north-west of Green River. The terrain here is a study in muted earth tones – ochre, sienna, and the pale dust of countless seasons – broken by hardy scrub and the occasional stoic juniper. The air, even in the midday heat, carries a crispness, a reminder of the high altitude, and at dusk, it softens into a velvety cloak, painting the distant mesas in hues of bruised plum and fading rose. The few structures that comprise James Town seem to have risen organically from this landscape, their weathered wood and corrugated metal echoing the textures of the surrounding country. Life in James Town moves at a pace dictated by the sun and the wind, a deliberate unfolding rather than a hurried scramble. This is a place where the echoes of boom and bust still resonate, where the local economy, once tethered to the fortunes of the coal mines that burrowed deep beneath the earth, now seeks new pathways. The history of James Town is written not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people, those who have learned to coax a living from this often-challenging soil. The railroad tracks, remnants of a bygone era of transport, still cleave the landscape, a silent testament to the journeys that brought life and industry to this remote corner. While large attractions are few, the stark beauty of the high desert, with its wide-open vistas and the profound silence that can descend at night, offers a different kind of draw, a chance to reconnect with something elemental and enduring.
Live animated radar for James Town 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 | James Town, Sweetwater County, Wyoming |
| Coordinates | 41.555242°N, 109.516803°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 82935 |
| Area Code | 307 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This James Town, Wyoming Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for James Town, 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 James Town includes coordinates 41.555242°N, 109.516803°W, situated in Sweetwater County. ZIP code 82935. 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.
