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

July 2019 was slightly cooler across the Cowboy State. There were a few new daily records for minimum temperatures for some of these locations and also a few record highs, as temperatures quickly warmed up. Almost all of the climate locations saw their lowest temperature on the 9th or 10th and their highest temperatures on the 11th or 12th. In fact, Riverton broke a record low on the 10th and turned right around and broke a record high on the 11th. Precipitation totals across the climate locations were in the extremes with all stations either well below normal or quite a bit above. Big Piney saw only a few traces during the month putting it at 0% of it's normal precipitation (although data is suspect due to equipment issues). The runner up was Rock Springs at 3% of normal. Oppositely, Buffalo saw 168% of it's normal and Greybull 300%! Check the CLMs for more specifics on daily records set at the various locations. 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, or more in-depth climate information, please refer to our Climate Page. From the Riverton Home Page, hover over the "Climate and Past Weather" tab, and select the "Local" option. You can then find the Daily Climate Report (CLI), the Preliminary Monthly Climate Data (CF6), the Monthly Weather Summary (CLM), and the Regional Summary (RTP). 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 Summary will have temperature and precipitation data for various locations across the state, updated 3 times a day.