Heat — Wind River Basin, Wyoming

2024-09-29 · Wind River Basin, Wyoming

Event narrative

The Riverton airport had a record high temperature of 90 degrees. This was the latest high temperature in the 90s in station history.

Wider weather episode

An unusually strong ridge of high pressure brought record high temperatures to many locations across western and central Wyoming. In addition, 4 sites had their latest occurrence of a 90 degree high temperature in history. The most notable site was Lander, which has records dating back to 1891.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1217279. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.