Medicine Bow, Wyoming Weather
Medicine Bow, Wyoming — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Medicine Bow, Carbon County.
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About Medicine Bow, Wyoming
Medicine Bow, Wyoming, unfolds under a sky so vast it seems to swallow sound. It lies 51.3 miles north-west of Laramie, WY (from Laramie, WY: bearing 322°T), and is situated 18.5 miles east of Hanna. The landscape here is a study in muted earth tones, a sweeping expanse of sagebrush and hardy grasses that stretch towards horizons punctuated by the distant, blue-hazed shoulders of mountains. The wind, a constant companion, carries the dry, clean scent of the high plains, shaping the land with an invisible hand. Few trees dare to stand against its persistent caress, their forms often gnarled and low-slung, clinging to the soil like weathered survivors. The light itself has a peculiar quality, a sharp clarity in the midday sun that softens into a warm, golden wash as evening approaches, painting the land in hues of ochre and rose. The history of Medicine Bow is as rugged as the terrain it inhabits, intrinsically linked to the railroad that once thundered through, a lifeline for a burgeoning economy built on ranching and, for a time, mining. The Union Pacific’s relentless march westward brought a surge of activity, transforming this quiet corner into a bustling hub. Though the tracks still lie here, their significance has shifted, mirroring the town's transition from a vital transit point to a place where life unfolds at a more measured pace, dictated by the seasons and the enduring spirit of its people. The air here still carries the faint echo of those busier days, a whisper of steam engines and the clatter of freight cars, a palpable sense of lives lived and fortunes sought in the stark beauty of the Medicine Bow basin.
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| Location | Medicine Bow, Carbon County, Wyoming |
| Coordinates | 41.895521°N, 106.204738°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 82329 |
| Area Code | 307 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Medicine Bow, Wyoming Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Medicine Bow, 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 Medicine Bow includes coordinates 41.895521°N, 106.204738°W, situated in Carbon County. ZIP code 82329. 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.
