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Cowley, Wyoming

Town in Big Horn County, Wyoming

Air quality

The air at Cowley

Index 8, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Cody (WY), 38 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 7, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Cowley

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cowley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

CowleyU68

At an airfield/2.4 mi away/4,078 ft/91 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank562of 966

measured daily2 instruments

Cowley 0.3 NNEWY-BH-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/4,016 ft/29 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank92of 966

Lovell - COOPLOVW4

At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/3,852 ft/135 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Cowley, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.4 mi from Cowley, Wyoming. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:35 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 Cowley, 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 U68FIG. A THE SKY OVER COWLEYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECowley, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS U68TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-U68-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 53 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Cowley: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 53 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT U68FIG. B THE AIR AT COWLEYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.8 FTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 30.2 FSPREAD 16.2 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 POINTTITLECowley, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS U68TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-U68-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (50 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Cowley, north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the northeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT U68FIG. C THE WIND AT COWLEYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 50°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECowley, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS U68TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-U68-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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