Weather in Red Butte, Wyoming
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Red Butte, WY
Sunday, May 17 at 4:01 AM
61
°
Overcast
Feels like
50°
Humidity
28%
Wind
16 mph
Sunrise
5:41 AM
Sunset
8:22 PM
Red Butte, WY
Hour by hour · 24h
60°
10p
57°
11p
54°
12a
55°
1a
54°
2a
53°
3a
53°
4a
53°
5a
52°
6a
57°
7a
61°
8a
65°
9a
68°
10a
71°
11a
73°
12p
75°
1p
76°
2p
77°
3p
77°
4p
78°
5p
75°
6p
75°
7p
70°
8p
62°
9p
Red Butte, WY
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast12%78°36°
- SundayMay 17Light Rain55%58°39°
- MondayMay 18Heavy Snow100%39°26°
- TuesdayMay 19Foggy39%45°22°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—62°35°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle23%59°43°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle18%70°44°
Red Butte, WY
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Red Butte, WY
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
WSW
255° · backing 21°
Direction
WSW
255°
Sustained
16
mph
Gust
28
mph
Peak 24h
30
avg 8
Beaufort · 4 · MOD BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Red Butte, WY
Air quality
70
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 5.2 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 9.2 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.7 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 102.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Red Butte, WY
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:10 AM
Sunrise
5:41 AM
Daylight
14h 41m
Sunset
8:22 PM
Civil dusk
2:56 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Red Butte, WY
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:46 AM
- Moonset
- 3:00 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Red Butte, WY
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Red Butte at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 8°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 3 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
- Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Right now in the garden
Cool-season window is open
As of May 17, the cool-season window is open or about to open. Direct-sow peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes, and brassicas now. Hold off on warm-season crops until 1–2 weeks after the last spring frost (around May).