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Moorcroft, Wyoming

Town in Crook County, Wyoming

Air quality

The air at Moorcroft

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Gillette (WY), 27 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone26Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Moorcroft

None in the last 24 hours; 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Moorcroft, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Moorcroft, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Moorcroft 3SMCTW4

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.5 mi away/4,462 ft/228 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

Sundance 8 NNW94088

At a climate reference station/30.8 mi away/5,792 ft/1,558 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank607of 971

HulettW43

At an airfield/33.3 mi away/4,202 ft/32 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank14of 971

measured daily2 instruments

Moorcroft 0.6 ESEWY-CK-38

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/4,297 ft/63 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Dillinger RanchDILW4

On a farm or research station/14.1 mi away/4,318 ft/84 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hulett, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 33.3 mi from Moorcroft, Wyoming. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 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 Hulett, 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 W43FIG. A THE SKY OVER HULETTSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEHulett, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS W43TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W43-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 15.8 F, 24 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hulett: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 15.8, 24 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 8,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W43FIG. B THE AIR AT HULETTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,0000 F10 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 8,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 8.8 FTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 15.8 FSPREAD 36.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 24 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 POINTTITLEHulett, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS W43TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W43-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hulett, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W43FIG. C THE WIND AT HULETTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHulett, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS W43TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W43-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Hulett, 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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Near Moorcroft

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

Near Moorcroft

River and lake gauges