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El Rancho, Wyoming

Community in Platte County, Wyoming

Air quality

The air at El Rancho

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Douglas (WY), 38 miles off.

30Good
  • Ozone30Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at El Rancho

0.58 in in the last 24 hours, 1.40 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.58in
Last 3 days
1.40in

Visibility

How far you can see at El Rancho, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest El Rancho, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ColemanWY1

Beside a road/3.5 mi away/5,019 ft/115 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank616of 971

WheatlandEAN

At an airfield/16.0 mi away/4,767 ft/137 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank854of 971

measured daily2 instruments

Wheatland 17.1 NNWWY-PT-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/4,826 ft/78 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Wheatland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.0 mi from El Rancho, Wyoming. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:10 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 5,500 ft; the ceiling is 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wheatland, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, the ceiling at 5,500 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 SHEETBKN 5,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,500 FTVISIBILITY, 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

38.0 F with a dew point of 20.0 F, 48 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Wheatland: temperature 38.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 20.0, 48 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 4,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 16.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 38.0 FDEW POINT 20.0 FSPREAD 18.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 48 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 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wheatland, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 18; 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, 18 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

Elsewhere in Wyoming

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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

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