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Occasionally Windy For Portions of Southeast Wyoming For The Rest of The Week. Backdoor Arctic Cold Front Will Stall near the Wyoming/Nebraska Border Friday With Colder Temperatures & Some Light Snow.

The Week Ahead

January 2026 Snow Report

6:30PM 2/3 - Warm temperatures will return tomorrow and stick around into early next week. Expect highs generally in the 50s and 60s across the area each of the next 5-7 days. While most of our warm spells this year have been accompanied by strong winds, winds actually look pleasantly light on a few days this week, particularly Thursday and Friday. Gusty winds are still likely on Saturday and Monday. Temperatures are favored to return to near average by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week with the next storm system moving through the area.

4PM 2/1 - January continued the warm and dry trend that has dominated this winter season so far. It will come as no surprise that snowfall is well below average across our entire area. Cheyenne's 7.6" for the season so far is the 6th least on record, and Scottsbluff's 3.8" for the season so far is the 4th least on record. This season's snowfall has generally come from numerous light dusting type events, and most areas have not seen a storm drop more than 2" at one time! The dry January caused mountain snowpack to fall even further behind. While not quite at record lows just yet, most of SE Wyoming's high elevations are in the lowest 10% of years for mountain snowpack. Snow water equivalent in the southern Laramie Range (between Laramie and Cheyenne) is below the prior record low value. February 1 marks roughly halfway through the snow accumulation season for our area. In Cheyenne, March and April are, on average, the snowiest months of the year, with February not far behind. The first 8-10 days of February will continue the warm and dry weather pattern, but there are hints of a possible pattern change around February 10-12. However, outlooks that far out include significant uncertainty.