Hard frost reported in western area

Wyoming experienced below normal temperatures for the week ending Sept. 2, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Mountain Regional Field Office, Wyoming. Twenty-four of the 34 reporting stations reported below normal temperatures for the week with a high temperature of 92 degrees recorded at Lance Creek, Newcastle, and Old Fort Laramie and a low of 28 degrees recorded at Yellowstone and Big Piney. Below normal moisture was reported at 24 of the 34 reporting stations. Fourteen reporting stations had no precipitation. Yellowstone reported the most moisture with 0.87 inches. A reporter from western Wyoming noted that it has been dry for the most part with some thunderstorm activity and they got a hard frost last week.