Daily Features - Thursday, 27 August

Wyoming Sunrise

Today's Wyoming sunrise was captured by Craig Benjamin. Craig writes, "Charlie the dog stands in front of a storm rolling in at sunrise."

Photo by Craig BenjaminAugust 26, 2026

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Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast

Mostly sunny in Wyoming on Wednesday with a chance of afternoon rain in some areas. Some storms in the southeast could be severe. Chance of rain in a few locations overnight. Highs from the upper 70s to near 90. Lows from the mid 40s to near 60.

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"Sunset over the Wyoming range seen from Big Piney." — Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast

Today's question to Don Day

Mark James Mullins of Douglas

In regard to your thunderstorm season article, can you reassess the data on a per-capita basis, especially when considering population of the states? It could affect me as I own a hill on my property which I plan a communications tower and likely will have a lightning rod installed when it goes in.

Don Day

FEMA has a good lightning database that takes into account lightning risk, potential property loss, etc. based on population and lightning frequency. Data is available on a county by county basis. Lots and lots of lightning data available here which may help in quest for more lightning information. https://hazards.fema.gov/nri/lightning