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Upton, Wyoming

Town in Weston County, Wyoming

Air quality

The air at Upton

Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Gillette (WY), 46 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone29Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Upton

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Upton, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Upton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Moorcroft 3SMCTW4

At a river or reservoir gauge/17.1 mi away/4,462 ft/195 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

NewcastleECS

At an airfield/21.3 mi away/4,173 ft/94 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank577of 971

Sundance 8 NNW94088

At a climate reference station/29.7 mi away/5,792 ft/1,525 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank607of 971

measured daily2 instruments

UptonUPTW4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/4,318 ft/51 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Upton .92 NEWY-WS-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/4,367 ft/100 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Newcastle, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.3 mi from Upton, Wyoming. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM 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 Newcastle, 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 ECSFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEWCASTLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLENewcastle, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ECSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ECS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

32.0 F with a dew point of 23.0 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Newcastle: temperature 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.0, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ECSFIG. B THE AIR AT NEWCASTLETHE 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 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.1 FTEMPERATURE 32.0 FDEW POINT 23.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 POINTTITLENewcastle, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ECSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ECS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Newcastle, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ECSFIG. C THE WIND AT NEWCASTLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENewcastle, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ECSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ECS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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