Extremely Critical Fire Weather in New Mexico; Enhanced Severe Thunderstorm Risk in Central U.S.

High winds and very dry conditions will bring extremely critical fire weather over a large part of New Mexico today. Red Flag and High Wind Warnings have been issued. Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms may produce large to very large hail and localized damaging winds late this afternoon into evening from the eastern Central Plains to the Upper Midwest. Read More >

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

April 2019 was a little bit warmer across the Cowboy State. Climate locations were up to a degree and a half above normal for the month. There were several new daily records for both high and low temperatures at locations across the state.The coldest day reported by the climate locations was Lake Yellowstone with a mere 5 degrees on the 12th, however this was not a record. Most locations had their warmest day of the month in the mid to upper 70s. Precipitation totals were a mix of drier and wetter conditions. There were no monthly precipitation records set this month, however Big Piney had their 2nd driest April on Record since 1998. 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.