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Wright, Wyoming

Town in Campbell County, Wyoming

Air quality

The air at Wright

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Gillette (WY), 37 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone34Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Wright

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Wright, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Wright, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Wright 12WWGTW4

At a cooperative observer's station/12.3 mi away/5,056 ft/106 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Belle Fourche US 59 south of Gillette, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.6 mi from Wright, Wyoming. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:22 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

33.8 F with a dew point of 21.0 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Belle Fourche US 59 south of Gillette: temperature 33.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 21.0, 59 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KBFUFIG. B THE AIR AT BELLE FOURCHE US 59 SOUTH OF GILLETTETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 18.3 FTEMPERATURE 33.8 FDEW POINT 21.0 FSPREAD 12.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 59 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 POINTTITLEBelle Fourche US 59 south of Gillette, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS KBFUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KBFU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (0 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Belle Fourche US 59 south of Gillette, north up: blowing from 0 degrees, the north, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KBFUFIG. C THE WIND AT BELLE FOURCHE US 59 SOUTH OF GILLETTEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 0°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBelle Fourche US 59 south of Gillette, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS KBFUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KBFU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,698 ft above sea level, 16 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.18 inHg and the temperature at 42.2 F; it reports 33.8 F, 8.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Belle Fourche US 59 south of Gillette stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,698 feet above sea level with 16 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.18 inches of mercury, and temperature, 42.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KBFUFIG. D WHERE BELLE FOURCHE US 59 SOUTH OF GILLETTE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBELLE FOURCHE US 59 SOUTH OF GILLETTE16 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,698 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE25.18 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE42.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED33.8 FTITLEBelle Fourche US 59 south of Gillette, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS KBFUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KBFU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Belle Fourche US 59 south of Gillette, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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