Wheat harvest delayed by cloud cover

Wyoming experienced near normal temperatures for the week ending Aug. 12, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Mountain Regional Field Office, Wyoming. Fourteen of the 34 reporting stations reported above normal temperatures for the week with a high temperature of 104 degrees recorded at Greybull and a low of 31 degrees recorded at Yellowstone. Below normal moisture was reported at 32 of the 34 reporting stations. Twenty-one reporting stations had no precipitation. Cheyenne reported the most moisture with 1.10 inches. A reporter from north central Wyoming noted that it was very hot and dry this past week with heavy smoke and an increase in fire danger. A reporter from western Wyoming reported that the week was hot and dry with cool nights. A reporter from south central Wyoming stated that they had hot and dry weather with a few showers this past week. A reporter from southeastern Wyoming indicated that soil moisture was good, fieldwork was getting done, but wheat harvest has been delayed due to cloud cover.