Beside a road/3.0 mi away/7,139 ft/375 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mountain passes/Wyoming/Rattlesnake Pass
Rattlesnake Pass, Wyoming
Mountain pass in Carbon County, Wyoming, at 7,514 ft* 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...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
31°
43°/31°
Clear·
Feels like 26°·Light breeze 5 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Rattlesnake Pass until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 51° after 43° today.
Now. Rattlesnake Pass is 31° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 26°. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 23° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 21°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
93%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
31feels26
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
4331
34%
13mph
Fri
Oct 16
5121
clear day
Sat
Oct 17
5930
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
5935
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
5934
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6137
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6239
16%
31°
43°31°
51°21°
59°30°
59°35°
59°34°
61°37°
62°39°
As of 10:00 PM in Rattlesnake Pass, Wyoming.
Air quality
The air at Rattlesnake Pass
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Medicine Bow National Forest (WY), 29 miles off.
31Good
- Ozone31Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Rattlesnake Pass
0.29 in in the last 24 hours, 0.63 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.29in
- Last 3 days
- 0.63in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 46%
Visibility
How far you can see at Rattlesnake Pass, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 7,514 ft
- County
- Carbon County
- State
- Wyoming
- Latitude
- 41.6997° N
- Longitude
- 106.5828° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Rattlesnake Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Elk MountainEHY
At an airfield/6.6 mi away/7,300 ft/214 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Pass Creek Near Elk MountainPSKW4
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.9 mi away/7,257 ft/257 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Elk Mountain 0.3 SWWY-CR-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/7,288 ft/226 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Saratoga - US Fish HatcherySFHW4
At a cooperative observer's station/17.8 mi away/6,780 ft/734 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Saratoga - US Fish Hatchery (SFHW4), 17.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:30. measured daily
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 Rattlesnake Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Elk Mountaintown, 9 mi
- Hannatown, 12 mi
- Arlingtoncommunity, 21 mi
- Saratogatown, 21 mi
- Medicine Bowtown, 24 mi
- Ryan Parkcommunity, 26 mi
- Medicine Bow Peakfeature, 27 mi
- Sinclairtown, 28 mi
- Rock Rivertown, 31 mi
- Rawlinscity, 34 mi
- Riversidetown, 35 mi
- Centennialcommunity, 36 mi
Mountain passes near Rattlesnake Pass
- Oberg Pass10 mi
- Cedar Pass15 mi
- Boneside Pass21 mi
- Snowy Range Pass29 mi
- Battle Pass43 mi
- Bridger Pass45 mi
- Sunrise Pass54 mi
- Youngs Pass54 mi