Rockyford, Alberta Weather
Rockyford, Alberta — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, ECCC alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rockyford in 22-26-23-W4.
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About Rockyford, Alberta
Rockyford is a village in 22-26-23-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is a small community with a population of 395. Rockyford is located at 51.2342°N, 113.1425°W. It observes Mountain Time (UTC−7 / −6). Postal code area: T1P.
Rockyford sits amidst the vast, open horizon of the Alberta plains, where the sky claims more space than the earth itself. It lies 39.0 km south-west of Drumheller, AB (from Drumheller, AB: bearing 229°T), and is situated 15.2 km west-south-west of Rosebud. The land around Rockyford holds a quiet, austere beauty, marked by the nearby Monument Hill which rises as a steady sentinel over the flat, golden grasses. When the sun hangs low, the light pulls long, thin shadows across the fields, turning the soil into a bruised violet that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the wind has turned cool. To the south, the Rosebud River traces its path through the landscape, a thin, winding ribbon of life that sustains the quiet stretches of prairie eight kilometers away from the heart of the village. The character of Rockyford is rooted in the steady, demanding labor of agriculture, a tradition that shapes the daily cycles of its people. Life here moves in accordance with the seasons, from the frantic urgency of harvest to the profound, snow-hushed stillness of winter. While the striking formations of Midland Provincial Park rest thirty-seven kilometers distant, the immediate surroundings of Rockyford remain defined by the practical, honest work of grain elevators and the expansive, productive fields that surround them. The people who call Rockyford home share a quiet resilience, moving through their days with a knowledge of the land that is as deep as the frost line, finding their own significance in the expansive, quiet distance between the horizon and the door.
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| Location | Rockyford, 22-26-23-W4, Alberta |
| Coordinates | 51.234167°N, 113.1425°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (UTC−7 / −6) |
| Postal FSA | T1P |
| Area Code | 403, 587, 780, 825, 368 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Rockyford, Alberta Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rockyford, Alberta, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, ECCC extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modelled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES satellite imagery. Additional sections may include marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live Water Survey of Canada river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Rockyford includes coordinates 51.234167°N, 113.142500°W, situated in 22-26-23-W4. Postal FSA: T1P. Telephone area code: 403, 587, 780, 825, 368. Timezone: Mountain Time (UTC−7 / −6).
Weather data is sourced from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from Water Survey of Canada (WSC) via the ECCC GeoMet realtime hydrometric feed. Marine and solunar data are modelled 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-19 and is public domain.