Wheatland, Wyoming Weather
Wheatland, Wyoming — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wheatland, Platte County.
Full aviation weather for Wheatland is published on the Phifer Airfield (KEAN) page, 2 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. 3 airfields within reach of Wheatland 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 Wheatland: Camp Guernsey Airport (KGUR) 29 km · Thomas Memorial Airport (K76V) 52 km
Conditions reported at KEAN describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wheatland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wheatland.
About Wheatland, Wyoming
Wheatland lies at the edge of a vast, embracing prairie, where the land rolls out in soft, sun-bleached waves under a sky that seems to stretch into forever. It lies 61.0 miles north-north-east of Laramie, WY (from Laramie, WY: bearing 32°T), and is situated 18.4 miles south-west of Guernsey. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of sun-baked earth and distant cattle, a perfume of open spaces. Low, scrubby bushes cling to the soil, their muted greens and browns a testament to resilience against the elements, and the occasional cottonwood tree, a sentinel of green, breaks the horizon with a hopeful gesture. Dust devils, ephemeral dancers of the plains, sometimes twirl across the fields, brief, energetic spirits in the stillness, and the light, especially as evening draws near, washes the landscape in a warm, golden hue that softens every edge. This is a place built on the enduring strength of the land and the people who have learned to coax a living from it. Wheatland's history is deeply entwined with agriculture, the golden fields that give the town its name once stretching as far as the eye could see, a vibrant promise of sustenance. The local economy still leans on the bounty of the earth, with ranches and farms forming the backbone of its commerce, their livelihoods tied to the capricious grace of rain and sun. The railroad, too, played a significant role in its development, a steel artery that brought people and goods, fostering growth and connection. Today, while the pace of life remains unhurried, a quiet industriousness hums beneath the surface, a steady heartbeat in this corner of the plains.
Live animated radar for Wheatland 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming |
| Coordinates | 42.054414°N, 104.95275°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 82201 |
| Area Code | 307 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wheatland, Wyoming Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wheatland, 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 Wheatland includes coordinates 42.054414°N, 104.952750°W, situated in Platte County. ZIP code 82201. 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.
