Weather in Powder River, Wyoming
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Powder River, WY
Sunday, May 17 at 3:52 AM
58
°
Overcast
Feels like
48°
Humidity
25%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
5:43 AM
Sunset
8:25 PM
Powder River, WY
Hour by hour · 24h
61°
9p
56°
10p
53°
11p
50°
12a
49°
1a
47°
2a
46°
3a
44°
4a
44°
5a
42°
6a
46°
7a
54°
8a
62°
9a
65°
10a
68°
11a
69°
12p
71°
1p
72°
2p
73°
3p
73°
4p
74°
5p
72°
6p
71°
7p
67°
8p
Powder River, WY
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—73°36°
- SundayMay 17Snow45%56°35°
- MondayMay 18Heavy Snow100%37°28°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast40%50°26°
- WednesdayMay 20Drizzle—62°39°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle16%58°40°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle14%69°44°
Powder River, WY
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Powder River, WY
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SW
217° · veering 66°
Direction
SW
217°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
27
mph
Peak 24h
33
avg 8
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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
Powder River, WY
Air quality
71
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 5.9 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 21.0 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.6 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 112.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Powder River, WY
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:12 AM
Sunrise
5:43 AM
Daylight
14h 42m
Sunset
8:25 PM
Civil dusk
2:59 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Powder River, WY
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:47 AM
- Moonset
- 3:03 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Powder River, WY
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Powder River at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 11°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 4 (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).