Above average temperatures reported

Wyoming experienced above normal temperatures for the week ending June 17, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Mountain Regional Field Office, Wyoming. Twenty-one of the 33 reporting stations reported above average temperatures for the week with the high temperature of 100 degrees recorded at Torrington and a low of 24 degrees at Yellowstone. Below normal moisture was reported at 17 of the 32 reporting stations. Two stations (Newcastle and Chugwater) reported no precipitation. Yellowstone reported the most moisture with 2.33 inches. A reporter from North Central Wyoming noted that crops remain behind due to a late spring. Another reporter from North Central Wyoming indicated that the moisture situation is mixed. A reporter from Western Wyoming indicated that they got lots of rain over the weekend, which has shut down haying for a while but was a welcome relief to the dry conditions in the area. A reporter from South Western Wyoming stated that while they have received some moisture it has not been enough to relieve the overall dry conditions.