Fall planting underway (Wyoming)

Wyoming experienced cooler than normal temperatures for the week ending Sept. 30, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Mountain Regional Field Office, Wyoming. Twenty-two of the 32 reporting stations reported below average temperatures for the week with the high temperature of 88 degrees recorded at Lance Creek and a low of 18 degrees at Big Piney and Jackson Hole. Below normal moisture was reported at 25 of the 34 reporting stations. Eight reporting stations had no moisture. Big Horn reported the most moisture with 1.19 inches. A reporter from north central Wyoming indicated that fall planting is underway. A reporter from Western Wyoming reported that they are still in a drought situation and hoping for some moisture this week. They also indicated there have been a lot of forest and rangeland fires in the area. A reporter from southwestern Wyoming noted that the weather has been very dry and windy.