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Wheatland, Wyoming

Town in Platte County, Wyoming

Air quality

The air at Wheatland

Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Douglas (WY), 54 miles off.

29Good
  • Ozone29Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Wheatland

None in the last 24 hours; 1.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.50in

Visibility

How far you can see at Wheatland, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 6 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 10 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Wheatland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

WheatlandEAN

At an airfield/1.6 mi away/4,767 ft/22 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Guernsey Dam NrGURW4

At a dam/18.7 mi away/4,495 ft/250 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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ColemanWY1

Beside a road/18.8 mi away/5,019 ft/274 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Wheatland 0.3 NNWWY-PT-33

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.0 mi away/4,757 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Guernsey DamGUEW4

At a dam/19.6 mi away/4,408 ft/337 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Wheatland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.6 mi from Wheatland, Wyoming. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:30 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 Wheatland, 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 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 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 MORE0510TITLEWheatland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EANTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EAN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

54.3 F with a dew point of 28.2 F, 36 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Wheatland: temperature 54.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.2, 36 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,900 feet above the station; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 22.9 FTEMPERATURE 54.3 FDEW POINT 28.2 FSPREAD 26.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 36 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 southeast (140 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wheatland, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, 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 EANFIG. C THE WIND AT WHEATLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH 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

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