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Chugwater, Wyoming

Town in Platte County, Wyoming

Air quality

The air at Chugwater

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Cheyenne (WY), 40 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 Chugwater

0.76 in in the last 24 hours, 1.25 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.76in
Last 3 days
1.25in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Chugwater, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Bear CreekWY40

Beside a road/7.7 mi away/5,820 ft/519 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank616of 971

WheatlandEAN

At an airfield/21.2 mi away/4,767 ft/534 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank854of 971

measured daily2 instruments

ChugwaterCHGW4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/5,315 ft/14 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Chugwater 0.65 ESEWY-PT-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/5,276 ft/25 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Wheatland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.2 mi from Chugwater, Wyoming. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:50 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wheatland, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EANFIG. A THE SKY OVER WHEATLANDSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 6,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWheatland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EANTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EAN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

40.6 F with a dew point of 19.8 F, 43 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Wheatland: temperature 40.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 19.8, 43 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EANFIG. B THE AIR AT WHEATLANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0000 F10 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 4,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 15.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 40.6 FDEW POINT 19.8 FSPREAD 20.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 43 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 POINTTITLEWheatland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EANTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EAN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wheatland, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EANFIG. C THE WIND AT WHEATLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWheatland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EANTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EAN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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