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Burns, Wyoming

Town in Laramie County, Wyoming

Air quality

The air at Burns

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Cheyenne (WY), 22 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone28Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Burns

0.22 in in the last 24 hours, 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.22in
Last 3 days
0.31in

Visibility

How far you can see at Burns, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Burns, WyomingReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Burns, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Pine Bluffs82V

At an airfield/12.1 mi away/5,129 ft/387 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank855of 971

measured daily2 instruments

Burns 1.2 WSWWY-LM-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/5,515 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Pine Bluffs 1ESEPNBW4

At a cooperative observer's station/15.4 mi away/5,118 ft/398 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Pine Bluffs, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.1 mi from Burns, Wyoming. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pine Bluffs, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 82VFIG. A THE SKY OVER PINE BLUFFSSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPine Bluffs, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 82VTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-82V-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

38.7 F with a dew point of 23.0 F, 53 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Pine Bluffs: temperature 38.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.0, 53 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 82VFIG. B THE AIR AT PINE BLUFFSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 3,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 19.8 FTEMPERATURE 38.7 FDEW POINT 23.0 FSPREAD 15.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 53 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEPine Bluffs, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 82VTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-82V-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 23 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pine Bluffs, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 23 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 82VFIG. C THE WIND AT PINE BLUFFSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPine Bluffs, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 82VTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-82V-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Pine Bluffs, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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