Active Weather for the West, Warming in the East

The potential for heavy snow at higher elevations in the western U.S. will continue for many spots through the weekend. In the meantime, the eastern half of the continental U.S. will transition to above normal temperatures ahead of a pair of cold fronts next week that will bring readings back to closer to normal as we approach Thanksgiving Day. Read More >

The February 2019 climate summaries for Big Piney, Buffalo, Casper, Greybull, Lake Yellowstone, Lander, Riverton, Rock Springs, and Worland are now available online.

February 2019 was much colder across the Cowboy State. Climate locations ranged from 6 to 15 degrees below normal for the month. Buffalo Airport set a new record for coldest February with an average temperature of 13 degrees. This beat the previous monthly record of 18.3 degrees set in 2018. The Cooperative site in Buffalo had the 2nd coldest February on record at 11.1 degrees, (average is 26.5F) with records dating back to 1900. The coldest February there was 5.9F in 1936. There were several new daily records for low temperatures, and even two new high temperature records set. Precipitation totals were more on the dry side with only Lake Yellowstone seeing wetter than normal amounts. Greybull and Lake Yellowstone each had daily precipitation records broken. For more information, check out the climate data on our web page. See the links below for details for individual sites or click here for Water Year Precipitation summaries for more locations.

If you would like additional/more in-depth climate information, please refer to our Climate Page. Under the Observed Weather tab, you can find the Daily Climate Report (CLI), the Preliminary Monthly Climate Data (CF6), the Monthly Weather Summary (CLM), and the Regional Summary (RTP/STP). The Daily Climate Report will have the weather data for the day (from midnight to 1159 pm). The Monthly Climate Data will have this data for each day of the month, compiling all the daily data into one form. The Regional and State Summaries will have temperature and precipitation data for various locations across the state, updated 4 times a day.