Laramie, Wyoming Weather
Laramie, Wyoming — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Laramie, Albany County.
Full aviation weather for Laramie is published on the Laramie Regional Airport (KLAR) page, 7 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 KLAR describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Laramie specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Laramie, Wyoming
Laramie lies at the western edge of the vast Wyoming prairie, a place where the sky seems to stretch into infinity, a boundless canvas of blue often streaked with the delicate brushstrokes of cirrus clouds. It lies 41.8 miles west-north-west of Cheyenne, WY (from Cheyenne, WY: bearing 287°T), and is situated 28.6 miles east of Centennial. The terrain around Laramie is a study in subtle grandeur, a high-plains basin cradled by the imposing Medicine Bow Mountains to the west and the Laramie Range to the east. These mountains, often dusted with snow even into late spring, lend a dramatic backdrop to the otherwise sweeping, open country, their rugged peaks catching the first and last light of day in hues of rose and gold. The air here is thin and crisp, carrying the scent of sagebrush and distant pine, a constant reminder of the wildness that surrounds Laramie. The history of Laramie is inextricably linked to the iron horse, its founding as a railroad town in the mid-1860s marking a pivotal moment in westward expansion. The Union Pacific Railroad brought a surge of rough-and-tumble energy, laying the groundwork for a community that would later become a hub for ranching and agriculture, its economy sustained by the bounty of the surrounding grasslands. Today, the presence of the University of Wyoming lends a youthful vibrancy to Laramie, a counterpoint to the echoes of its frontier past. Students and scholars mingle with lifelong residents, creating a unique cultural blend, and the city retains a certain unhurried quality, a gentle tempo set by the rhythm of the seasons and the enduring spirit of the West.
Live animated radar for Laramie 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 | Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming |
| Coordinates | 41.311367°N, 105.591101°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 82070, 82072, 82071, 82073 |
| Area Code | 307 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Laramie, Wyoming Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Laramie, 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 Laramie includes coordinates 41.311367°N, 105.591101°W, situated in Albany County. ZIP code 82070, 82072, 82071, 82073. 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.
