This winter could prove especially deadly for Wyoming’s wildlife, particularly in the Rawlins-Red Desert region where half of the antelope are expected to die.
While emergency elk feeding has been implemented in some parts of the Cowboy State, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department refuses to feed deer – and discourages others from doing it – because it can kill them.
If grandpa chides you for complaining about this winter and says back in his time there were blizzards every day and it was minus 30 for weeks at a time (yet he still walked to school; uphill, both ways), data does not back that up.
Snowmageddon has hit much of Wyoming, and in Jackson it’s piled so high there’s nowhere left to put it. It’s great for skiers, though, with 511 inches so far and a chance to break the all-time record.
A video of what appears to be thousands of worms raining down isn’t exactly what it seems. Cowboy State Daily Meteorologist Don Day says phenomena like this do happen in nature. There have been raining frogs, fish, salamanders, and worms — but probably not this time.
That giant Worm Moon we saw rising earlier this week is supposed to a sign that spring is coming. But Wyoming citizens should look for robins and bluebirds as a more accurate sign.
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It doesn’t make any difference if the weather is bad or not, when it’s calving season, Wyoming ranchers have to be ready. On the Tavegia Ranch near Osage, Wyoming, 20 calves were born over a 24-hour period right in the middle of a blizzard.
Gov. Mark Gordon submitted a request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday to help Wyoming farmers cope with the impacts of a brutal winter.
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A Monday morning collision between a semitrailer and a Wyoming Department of Transportation snowplow on Interstate 80 east of Rock Springs was the 22nd time this winter a plow has been hit.
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Wyoming is usually too far south to be an ideal place to observe the aurora borealis but not always. And this past week, interstellar conditions gave skywatchers a thrill…
Mike Lujan and his fellow volunteers from Carbon County were among the dozens of people working around the clock to help people. “We physically carried a sweet little 94-year-old lady in our arms out to our tracked vehicle and shuttled her to a hotel because she had no food or heat,” he said.
While plowing the roads and highways around Carbon county on Wednesday, a WYDOT snowplow got stuck. Then another. Then a third. Then a fourth. Then a wrecker large enough to pull the snowplows out got stuck…
Whenever long-haul trucker Zayy Bullard drives through Wyoming in the winter, if Interstate 80 is closed he hopes he gets as far as Little America between Green River and Evanston because it’s a “small town for truckers.” He didn’t make it that far this time…
Carbon County was the gold medal winner for snowfall on Wednesday as 48 inches of snow fell at Battle Lake while locations in Yellowstone National Park and Teton and Lincoln counties all received snow in excess of two feet.
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A strong winter storm making its way through Wyoming has shut down a planned showing of the PBS documentary “Storm of the Century: The Blizzard of ’49” in the town of Sinclair.
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A photographer in Yellowstone caught a rare phenomenon – a double sun dog “of epic proportions,” created by the sun’s light refracting through ice crystals suspended in the air in bitter cold temperatures.
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The U.S. military may need a lot more missiles given the number of unidentified balloons navigating high overhead at any given time, says meteorologist Don Day. In fact, thousands are launched every day.
Good news for Wyomingites… Science has proven that cold temperatures can prolong the life of cells. This “refrigerator effect” helps to slow the aging process, scientists say, while also killing off dangerous insects and bacteria that may otherwise survive in warmer climates.
While most of the U.S. relies on Punxsutawney Phil to predict an end to winter, Wyoming looks to Lander Lil, a prognosticating prairie dog. She saw her shadow on Thursday which means six more months of winter is ahead.
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Although one area received nearly eight feet of snow and another got down to almost 50 degrees below zero, winter is just starting in Wyoming. In fact, the two snowiest months are March and April.
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Snow in most portions of Wyoming today. The only area that will get a break is in the northern part of the state. Very, very cold all over the state with sub-zero temperatures throughout.
It’s Saturday, January 28th – and winter weather is blanketing the state. Snow will continue to fall in many locations — up to 1/2 inch to 1 inch per hour in some areas. A total of 1-2 feet of snow is possible in the mountains before the storm is over.
For the second time in four years, a bridge south of Cody is threatened by rising ice. Sandbags are ready to be filled in case the Shoshone River backs up toward a residential area.
What happens when a town’s only industrial snowblower breaks down in the middle of a particularly snowy winter? That’s happening in Lander right now and some townspeople are really upset about it while others are saying just “chill.”
Cold, snowy, windy for much of Wyoming today.
Recent snowstorms have brought communities around Wyoming to a standstill. Riverton has reported record amounts of snow already this month, while both Casper and Lander have had nearly 60 inches so far this winter.
In conditions similar to 2014 where a boat dock near Thermopolis was destroyed by ice buildup, last week’s deep freeze caused rising water and dangerous ice floes on the Big Horn River.
Although Wyoming is experiencing a severe winter storm, from a ranching perspective it’s nothing like the “Big Die-Up” of 1886-87, when hundreds of thousands of cattle perished across Wyoming and the West.
A Wyoming Highway Patrol veteran says he’s never seen anything like the perfect storm of winter that hit the Cowboy State on Wednesday, killing a first responder and causing near white-out conditions across the state.
Casper broke an all-time record on Thursday morning with a temperature of 42 degrees below zero. It’s not the only record that occurred as Wyoming is getting pummeled by cold.
With sub-zero temperatures present in most places across Wyoming, it is possible to turn boiling water instantly into snow. Just be careful if you try it.
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Roads are closed, streets are snowy and wind chills are reaching dangerous levels. But delivery drivers are still out there providing services to people in their warm homes.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the Arctic blast has enveloped all of Wyoming with most temperatures in either single digits or below zero. Wind chills are dangerously cold.
Wind chill temperatures have already hit 50 below zero in some parts of the state as the Arctic front is moving across Wyoming on Wednesday afternoon.
Here’s when to expect the Arctic blast in your area and a list of the low temperatures plus the wind chills expected in Wyoming on Wednesday night. If you live in Niobrara County, expect -70 degree wind chills…
In an office that looks more like a NASA mission control center, the Wyoming Transportation Management Center is the high-tech hub that controls the electronic signs which beam weather advisories and variable speed limit changes on the state’s highways.
As the entire state is expected to be below zero by Thursday, it’s wise not to go out. If you must, make sure your car is packed with the essentials: a sleeping bag for each person in the car, high-calorie food, warm drinks, and a few sticks of butter.
With temps in some parts of Wyo to hit 40 below zero, it’s critical to be prepared. When a steel electrical pole snapped in Williston, North Dakota three years ago, all 35,000 residents lost electricity.
Although temperatures are not expected to hit -460 degrees, temperatures could 40 below in many areas across the state with -60 degree wind chills. Here are some predicted lows…
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Here we go… All of Wyoming will feel the brunt of an impending winter storm, says Cowboy State Daily meteorologist Don Day said, with much of the state getting between 6 – 12 inches of snow. High winds and dangerous wind chills are expected as well.
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This is the Don Day Wyoming weather forecast for Tuesday, November 1, 2022
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This is the Don Day Wyoming weather forecast for Tuesday, October 25, 2022
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Wyoming meteorologist Don Day says NOAA’s long-range forecast is probably wrong about more drought for southeast Wyoming. Day says La Niña will likely weaken and an increase of precipitation will occur.
This is the Don Day Wyoming weather forecast for Tuesday, September 13, 2022
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After days of 100+ degree temperatures in some parts of Wyoming, a Canadian cold front will bring high temperatures down more than 50 degrees on Friday.
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A monsoon storm hammered Laramie on Saturday afternoon turning streets in to rivers and one green space into an impromptu lake. More severe weather is expected this week.
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A National Lightning Safety Council member told Cowboy State Daily on Friday how to avoid getting struck by lightning.
Former Cheyenne Mayor Don Erickson recalls the July 16, 1979 tornado which destroyed hundreds of homes, caused tens of millions of dollars in damage, and left one dead.
Several campgrounds, roads, and trails in the Shoshone National Forest are closed are due to the same storms that caused devastation in Yellowstone National Park.
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Cowboy State Daily meteorologist Don Day said he believes the worst is over for the flooding in the Yellowstone National Park area, but there is still some concern for the effect expected weekend rainfall will have.
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Historic flooding in Yellowstone washed away hundreds of roads and bridges in the park and the northern loop of the Yellowstone is likely closed for the rest of summer.
The search for a missing Indiana man whose vehicle was last seen in Park County has been suspended due to the unprecedented flooding in the area, the local sheriff’s department announced late Monday.
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Some visitors were evacuated from Yellowstone National Park on Monday as heavy rains fell on melting snowpack causing “extremely hazardous” conditions, according to the National Park Service.
Summer weather is back in Wyoming and that included tornadoes, funnel clouds, hail, and 90 degree temperatures on Tuesday. Next week, snow is in the forecast.
The spring snowstorm that surprised motorists by dumping 2 – 3 feet in the Bighorn Basin and stranded them was no surprise. It had been predicted for days, according to the National Weather Service.
Dozens of travelers have been rescued on Monday after a massive spring storm dumped more than three feet of snow in northwest Wyoming
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Meteorologist Don Day said travel along I-80 will be challenging over the next two days as several inches of snow is expected. And that’s not all. Another big cold front is headed toward Wyoming in 8 or 9 days. “I’m going to have to go into witness protection after all of this,” Day said.
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Northeastern Wyoming was pummeled by a strong winter storm over the weekend, with Campbell County receiving a near-record 19 inches of snow between Saturday and Sunday.
If you missed the appearance of the Northern lights in Wyoming on Wednesday night, forecasters say the phenomenon could be visible in Wyoming again on Friday and Saturday.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation district officials across the state are reporting that reservoirs levels are well below their capacities and the weather forecasts predict a drier spring and early summer than normal.
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Because of rising temperatures and more snow melting, the director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center said that avalanche season in Wyoming is more dangerous than ever.
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Wyoming meteorologist Don Day is cautioning motorists not to drive through tornadoes like the teenager who miraculously survived driving through the F-4 tornado in Texas on Monday.
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A snowmobiler was killed in an avalanche near Encampment over the weekend, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.
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While the mountain snowpacks that fill Wyoming’s rivers and reservoirs are lower than they usually are at this time of year, meteorologists are hopeful that snowfalls in March and April will make up for it.
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Frigid temperatures are expected in Wyoming from Tuesday through at least Thursday has got residents bundling up and adding layer after layer of clothing.
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Meteorologist Don Day says Wyoming will expect the coldest weather of the season in all areas of the state with -40 wind chills in many locations.
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Gasses from the largest volcanic eruption in 30 years — some 6,200 miles from Wyoming — may affect our weather in the coming weeks.
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Travel resumed on most of southeastern Wyoming’s highways on Thursday as a strong winter storm that dropped up to 18 inches of snow on parts of the state loosened its grip.
An out-of-control vehicle on a Wyoming highway nearly hit a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper on Wednesday as most of the state shivered through cold temperatures and snow left by a winter storm.
The western portion of the state will have some type of white Christmas this year, Wyoming weatherman Don Day told Cowboy State Daily on Wednesday.
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Large portions of Wyoming’s interstates and roads were closed on Saturday and Sunday as high winds and snow battered many areas of the state.
Gusty winds, cold temperatures and blowing snow led to multiple accidents and closures across southern Wyoming on Friday as motorists on Interstate 80 waited out the weather as a winter storm gusted through the state’s southwestern corner.
As Don Day said in his Monday morning forecast, “the winter storm is on schedule.”
The higher elevation parts of Wyoming, such as the pass between Cheyenne and Laramie, Yellowstone National Park and Togwotee Pass, saw at least some snowfall on Sunday night into Monday morning.
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Record high temperatures baking the northwest and southwest areas of the U.S. are coming close to Wyoming but the Cowboy State might just escape it.
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Wyoming didn’t just break high temperature records on Tuesday, many communities absolutely obliterated them.
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Two people driving on Interstate 80 Tuesday evening managed to avoid injury after their vehicle was struck by lightning during a severe storm in Cheyenne.
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It turns out that the kind of hailstorms Cheyenne saw Tuesday are sort of typical for the season, according to the National Weather Service.
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Greybull hit a high of 95 degrees, well above the average of 75 degrees, and broke the former record-high of 88 set in 2000.
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Meteorologist Don Day said the chance of the ongoing drought continuing through 2022 is likely because of the oscillating La Niña pattern.
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Wyoming weatherman Don Day says to expect ‘textbook’ early May weather: some good days and some lousy days.
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Interstate 80 is closed both directions between Rock Springs and Laramie due to winter conditions. The interstate is also closed westbound between Laramie and Cheyenne due to a rolling closure.
Many Wyoming residents woke up Wednesday to discover, to either their delight or horror, that snow had fallen overnight.
Temperatures in Wyoming soared over the weekend as records were set in towns all across the state including Big Piney which hit 70 degrees on Sunday (26 degrees higher than normal).
Much of Wyoming has been declared a primary natural disaster area by the U.S. Department of Agriculture due to continuing drought conditions.
Meteorologist Don Day says competing computer models are predicting completely different long-range forecasts for Spring in Wyoming.
Three days after a major snowstorm hit southeast Wyoming, Gov. Mark Gordon has declared a state of emergency on Wednesday.
Cheyenne Mayor Patrick Collins said although the community looks like a “zombie apocalypse” now, workers are doing their best to clear the streets.
A Cheyenne gym’s roof collapsed due to the nearly 3 feet of snowfall that blanketed the city over the weekend.
Classes at the University of Wyoming resumed Tuesday as southeastern Wyoming continued to dig out from a winter storm that left record-breaking snow depths in its wake.
