Rock Springs, WY Weather Forecast
Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Rock Springs, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Rock Springs, WY at a glance
Rock Springs is home to about 22,954 people in Sweetwater County, across 20 square miles. It ranks 5th by population of 25 places in Wyoming with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Green River, 14 miles away.
- County
- Sweetwater County
- Population
- 22,954 2023 est.
- Land area
- 20 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,162
- Forecast point
- 41.5947°N, 109.2209°W
How well can the network see Rock Springs?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRIW (Riverton, WY), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 10,900 ft above Rock Springs. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Rock Springs looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KRKS (Rock Springs/SW Wyoming Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Rock Springs
- Green River, WY14 mi
- Vernal, UT81 mi
- Lander, WY89 mi
- Evanston, WY93 mi
- Roosevelt, UT99 mi
- Rawlins, WY104 mi
- Riverton, WY108 mi
- Craig, CO114 mi
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