Rock Springs, Wyoming Weather
Rock Springs, Wyoming — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rock Springs, Sweetwater County.
Full aviation weather for Rock Springs is published on the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport (KRKS) page, 12 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 Rock Springs 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 Rock Springs: Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport (K48U) 28 km
Conditions reported at KRKS describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rock Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rock Springs.
About Rock Springs, Wyoming
Rock Springs unfurls across a high desert plateau, a landscape etched by wind and time under a vast, indifferent sky. It lies 136.2 miles east of Logan, UT (from Logan, UT: bearing 93°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south-east of North Rock Springs. The terrain here is a study in muted tones and subtle shifts: ochre-stained mesas rise like ancient sentinels in the distance, their flanks scarred by ephemeral washes that carry the sparse rainfall. Closer in, sagebrush and hardy grasses carpet the rolling ground, their silvery-green hues catching the sunlight in a thousand tiny glints. The air itself feels thin and clean, carrying the dry, mineral scent of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of wild sage. Evenings often bring a profound stillness, broken only by the sigh of the wind or the distant cry of a hawk, as the sky bleeds into shades of rose and amethyst, a breathtaking spectacle that seems to stretch on forever. This is a place shaped by the deep veins of coal that lie beneath its surface, a history that echoes in the very character of Rock Springs. For generations, the extraction of this black gold fueled the town's growth, drawing a diverse array of immigrants who brought their languages and traditions, leaving an indelible mark on the community's cultural mosaic. The local economy, once almost entirely dependent on mining, has diversified, though the spirit of resilience and hard work forged in the mines still permeates the everyday rhythm of life. While the dramatic geological formations of Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area are a significant draw to the wider region, Rock Springs itself holds a quiet allure, a testament to the enduring human spirit that has carved a life out of this starkly beautiful, windswept land.
Live animated radar for Rock Springs 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 | Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming |
| Coordinates | 41.587464°N, 109.202904°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 82901, 82902 |
| Area Code | 307 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rock Springs, Wyoming Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rock Springs, 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 Rock Springs includes coordinates 41.587464°N, 109.202904°W, situated in Sweetwater County. ZIP code 82901, 82902. 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.
