Daily Features - Friday, 7 August

Wyoming Sunrise

Today's Wyoming sunrise was captured by David Osmundsen. David writes, "Sunrise over Circle Park Road in the Bighorn Mountains. I woke up and sat sipping hot coffee to this view every morning while at camp."

Photo by David OsmundsenAugust 07, 2026

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Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast

Sunny, smoky in Wyoming on Friday. Mostly clear with areas of smoke overnight. Highs from the mid 80s to upper 90s. Lows from the upper 40s to mid 60s.

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Prairie silhouette in Buford, WY — 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