Rock SpringsRKS
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/6,759 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport, Wyoming
Medium airport in Sweetwater County, Wyoming41°
71°/37°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 41°·Light air 1 mph NW
Now. Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport is 41° and mostly clear at 1 PM. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the northwest at 1 mph.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 79% lit, and rises at 8:55 PM. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The day is 11 hours 49 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
-UV
-Air quality
67%Humidity
19%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
41feels41
now, mostly clear
Today
Sep 30
7137
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
7039
12mph
Fri
Oct 2
7341
clear day
Sat
Oct 3
7442
mostly clear day
Sun
Oct 4
7545
clear day
Mon
Oct 5
7443
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 6
7142
clear day
41°
71°37°
70°39°
73°41°
74°42°
75°45°
74°43°
71°42°
As of 7:00 AM in Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport, Wyoming.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RKS
- ICAO
- KRKS
- IATA
- RKS
- Field elevation
- 6,764 ft
- Serves
- Rock Springs
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- RKS
- Wind now
- Calm, read 30 Sep, 06:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,228 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | Calm | Calm |
| 09 / 27 | 10,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 104° / 284° | Calm | Calm |
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Baxter Road by Rock SpringsWY10
Beside a road/3.2 mi away/6,424 ft/340 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
A remote fire weather station/12.3 mi away/7,762 ft/998 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/6,753 ft/11 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Rock Springs 1.2 SEWY-SW-24
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/6,266 ft/498 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Wyoming
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Arrowhead Springscommunity, 8 mi
- Rock Springscity, 8 mi
- Reliancecommunity, 9 mi
- Clearview Acrescommunity, 11 mi
- North Rock Springscommunity, 11 mi
- Superiortown, 13 mi
- Purple Sagecommunity, 14 mi
- Point of Rockscommunity, 16 mi
- Green Rivercity, 21 mi
- James Towncommunity, 23 mi
- Table Rockcommunity, 34 mi
- Edencommunity, 37 mi
Airports near Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport
- Fort Bridger AirportFBR, 71 mi
- Kemmerer Municipal AirportEMM, 79 mi
- Hunt FieldLND, 86 mi
- Miley Memorial FieldBPI, 87 mi
- Dixon AirportDWX, 90 mi
- Ralph Wenz FieldPNA, 91 mi
- Rawlins Municipal Airport/Harvey FieldRWL, 97 mi
- Evanston-Uinta County Airport-Burns FieldEVW, 104 mi