Below normal temperatures reported (Wyoming)

Wyoming experienced below normal temperatures for the week ending Nov. 4, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Mountain Regional Field Office, Wyoming. Twenty of the 34 reporting stations reported below average temperatures for the week. The high temperature of 76 degrees was recorded at Old Fort Laramie and a low of 9 degrees was recorded at Big Piney. Below normal moisture was reported at 22 of the 34 reporting stations. Six stations reported no moisture. Yellowstone reported the most moisture with 0.67 inches. A reporter from north central Wyoming indicated that it has been a mixed fall with the northern area getting moisture as needed while to the south it was dry, then they got hail which damaged pasture and finally they got a grasshopper infestation. A reporter from western Wyoming reported that they got their first snow storm that did not melt out. They also stated that it is cold throughout the day and dropping into the low teens at night. A reporter from southeastern Wyoming noted that dry fall conditions persist. Irrigation water supply across Wyoming was rated 1 percent very poor, 3 percent poor, 9 percent fair, and 87 percent good. Stock water supplies across Wyoming were rated 20 percent short and 80 percent adequate.