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Weather in Y-O Ranch, WY · National Weather Service + NOAA

Y-O Ranch has milder winters than most of Wyoming

Y-O Ranch has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 17°, and about 40 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 50°, and nights fall to 23°.

Winter 42°/17°Spring 61°/32°Summer 85°/53°Fall 64°/33°
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Sunrise 8:36 am · sunset 6:50 pm

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What stands out about Y-O Ranch’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Milder winters than most of WyomingJanuary nights average 17°, milder than 200 of 205 Wyoming towns.Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 1.9° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 91% of U.S. towns.A dry climateJust 14 inches of rain and melted snow a year, less than 95% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Y-O Ranch’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
42° / 17°
15 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
61° / 32°
Last frost around May 19
Summer
85° / 53°
44 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
64° / 33°
First frost around Sep 22
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 22). Last frost next spring: May 19
Best months to be outside
MayJunSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Y-O Ranch get?About 40 inches a winter.When is it wettest?May, with 2.7 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.9° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Y-O Ranch itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Wheatland 4 N, WY (5 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.