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Weather alerts in Wyoming today: does anything affect me?
National Weather Service
Official High Wind Warning in effect for Wyoming.
Always follow your local National Weather Service office and local officials. Details below.
Official weather alerts for Wyoming
High Wind Warning until Sat, Oct 17, 7:00 PM MDT
High Wind Warning issued October 16 at 12:31PM MDT until October 17 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County; North Snowy Range Foothills
Full text from the National Weather Service
HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM MDT SATURDAY
* WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...North Snowy Range Foothills including Arlington and Elk Mountain along Interstate 80, and Bordeaux area along Interstate 25 between Chugwater and Wheatland. * WHEN...From 6 AM to 7 PM MDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Strong cross winds will be hazardous to light weight or high profile vehicles, including campers and tractor trailers.
Instructions: A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 MPH or gusts of 58 MPH or stronger can lead to property damage.
Official NWS page · NWS Cheyenne WY
Storm Prediction Center · today's severe-storm outlook · issued 1 h ago
None of these cities are inside today's thunderstorm or severe-storm areas.
Official SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook (NOAA), valid until Sat, Oct 17, 6:00 AM MDT. It shows the chance of severe storms in the area, not a warning for your street. SPC outlook
U.S. Drought Monitor · map of October 13
87% of Wyoming is in drought, including 21% in extreme or exceptional drought.
Share of the state's area. Updated every Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor (National Drought Mitigation Center, USDA and NOAA). Drought builds over weeks and months: one rainy day rarely ends it.
Weather in Wyoming now
What is normal in October in Wyoming
changing season Dry, windy days keep wildfire risk high, and the first snowstorms arrive in the mountains.
El Niño is under way, and NOAA expects it to be strong (NOAA, October 8, 2026).
In New Mexico and the southern Rockies it tends to bring more winter snow; the northern Rockies tend to be warmer and drier.
These are general tendencies: every year is different, and your local forecast comes first.
Typical climate per NOAA and regional weather services. It describes the season, not the forecast for a given day.
Where will it rain most? Forecast by city
Total rain each day, in inches. Wettest cities first.
Automatic forecast from a computer model (MET Norway, data CC BY 4.0). Not an official alert: for watches and warnings, follow National Weather Service.
What do the inches mean?
As a rough guide: under a quarter inch in a day is light rain; 1 to 2 inches is a heavy downpour; more than 2 inches in a day is very heavy rain that can flood low-lying areas and roads.
Several rainy days in a row saturate the ground: even a modest storm can then cause flash flooding and rising rivers.
Cities in Wyoming
Official sources for Wyoming
Emergency: 911