Temperature
31 F at 12 AM; 52 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 31 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 31F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 52F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 31F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Converse County Airport, Wyoming
Small airport in Converse County, Wyoming* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures between 20 and 25 degrees expected. Localized temperatures as low as 15 degrees possible in the more sheltered valleys of Carbon and Albany counties. * WHERE...Portions of southeast Wyoming. * WHEN...Until 9 AM MDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will likely kill crops and other sensitive vegetation, and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
31°
56°/21°
Clear·
Feels like 22°·Gentle breeze 10 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Converse County Airport until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 15 degrees warmer: a high of 71° after 56° today.
Now. Converse County Airport is 31° and clear at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 22°. The dew point is 22°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 63°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:18 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:08 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
30Air quality
69%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
31feels22
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5621
clear day
Sat
Oct 17
7128
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6338
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6734
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7237
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7241
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7141
11%
31°
56°21°
71°28°
63°38°
67°34°
72°37°
72°41°
71°41°
As of 1:00 AM in Converse County Airport, Wyoming.
Air quality
The air at Converse County Airport
Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Douglas (WY), 3 miles off.
30Good
- Ozone30Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)3Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Converse County Airport
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.54 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Last 3 days
- 0.54in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 20%
Visibility
How far you can see at Converse County Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DGW
- ICAO
- KDGW
- IATA
- DGW
- Field elevation
- 4,933 ft
- Serves
- Douglas
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DGW
- Wind now
- From 320° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 4,760 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 68° / 248° | 3 mph head, on 23 | 10 mph from the right |
| 11 / 29 | 6,534 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 119° / 299° | 9 mph head, on 29 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Douglas/Converse County Airport (DGW), Converse County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 22 F, the air 69% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 1 PM Thursday to 96% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 22F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 69%
- Humidity, range
- 43 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 23 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 36 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 1 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.73 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.53 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.73inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.53inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 2 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 2 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 700 ft at 2 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 700ft
- 2 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.10 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 2 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.10in
- Wettest hour
- 0.08in
- 2 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Converse County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Douglas/Converse County AirportDGW
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/4,928 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I25/US26/US87 - Platte/Converse WY US WYDOTWY56
Beside a road/19.9 mi away/4,711 ft/222 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Esterbrook RAWSESTW4
A remote fire weather station/26.3 mi away/6,450 ft/1,517 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Douglas 0.6 ESEWY-CV-41
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/4,839 ft/94 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Glendo 6NEGDOW4
At a cooperative observer's station/30.3 mi away/4,685 ft/248 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Wyoming
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
CaspercityCheyennecityCodycityDuboistownGillettecityGrand Targheesurveyed ski areaHogadonski areaJacksoncityJackson Holesurveyed ski areaLaramiecityMeadowlarkski areaMedicine Bow PeakfeaturePinedaletownRock SpringscitySheridancitySleeping Giantski areaSnow Kingski areaTeton RangefeatureWind River RangefeatureYellowstonefeature
Near Converse County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Douglascity, 3 mi
- Orincommunity, 15 mi
- Lost Springstown, 23 mi
- Rolling Hillstown, 24 mi
- Glenrocktown, 25 mi
- Esterbrookcommunity, 27 mi
- Glendotown, 27 mi
- Meadow Acrescommunity, 37 mi
- Lance Creekcommunity, 38 mi
- Manvilletown, 39 mi
- El Ranchocommunity, 40 mi
- Brookhurstcommunity, 43 mi
Airports near Converse County Airport
- Camp Guernsey AirportGUR, 50 mi
- Casper-Natrona County International AirportCPR, 55 mi
- Phifer AirfieldEAN, 56 mi
- Torrington Municipal AirportTOR, 81 mi
- Mondell FieldECS, 92 mi
- Laramie Regional AirportLAR, 104 mi
- Northeast Wyoming Regional AirportGCC, 107 mi
- Rawlins Municipal Airport/Harvey FieldRWL, 115 mi