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Rawlins, Wyoming

City in Carbon County, Wyoming

Air quality

The air at Rawlins

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Wamsutter (WY), 41 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 5, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rawlins

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.16in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rawlins, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Rawlins, 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

SinclairWY14

Beside a road/7.7 mi away/6,566 ft/217 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank704of 971

measured daily2 instruments

Rawlins 1.3 NWWY-CR-29

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/6,900 ft/117 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Rawlins 1NRLSW4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/6,916 ft/133 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank863of 971

Station report

The weather at Sinclair, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.7 mi from Rawlins, Wyoming. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:46 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 1.25 mi.

Section of the sky over Sinclair, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 1.25 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WY14FIG. A THE SKY OVER SINCLAIRSECTION, 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 STATIONNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.25 MI0510TITLESinclair, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS WY14TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WY14-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

30.2 F with a dew point of 25.1 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sinclair: temperature 30.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 25.1, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WY14FIG. B THE AIR AT SINCLAIRTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 23.9 FTEMPERATURE 30.2 FDEW POINT 25.1 FSPREAD 5.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLESinclair, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS WY14TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WY14-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (182 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 6 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 8 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sinclair, north up: blowing from 182 degrees, the south, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 6; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WY14FIG. C THE WIND AT SINCLAIRPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 182°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESinclair, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS WY14TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WY14-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Rawlins 1N (RLSW4), 0.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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

Near Rawlins

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