Wyoming Due for Record High Temperatures on Easter 2021 Written by Andrew-Rossi on April 1, 2021
Ready for a record-breaking weekend? According to the National Weather Service, locales all over Wyoming could break their previous high-temperature records.
The National Weather Service in Riverton is following the weekend weather and predicts things are going to get hot. As warm weather moves into Wyoming, nearly every part of the state will likely be feeling the heat.
Temperatures on April 3 and 4 could be the highest of the last two decades in some parts of Wyoming.
Courtesy National Weather Service Riverton
Take Cody, for instance – Saturday’s high temperature could be 72°F. The last time it was that hot in Cody on April 3 was 1992.
Written by Andrew-Rossi on March 17, 2021
Winter Storm Xylia has been so devastating to southern Wyoming that the governor has activated the Wyoming National Guard to provide emergency assistance, should it be needed.
Effective March 16, Wyoming is in the State of Emergency. This is Governor Mark Gordon’s direct response to the massive winter storm that has paralyzed Cheyenne, Casper, and most of southern Wyoming.
This week’s snowstorm delivered more than 30 inches of wet, heavy snow to southeast Wyoming, closing Interstates 25 and 80, causing power outages and leading to the closure of city, county, and state offices and school districts for multiple days.
Written by Andrew-Rossi on March 17, 2021
Research suggests millions of years ago, migrating dinosaurs traveled to Wyoming on a full stomach of stones from hundreds of miles away.
Research conducted by scientists at the University of Texas discovered new information on the life and times of Jurassic dinosaurs in Wyoming. But the discovery didn’t come from dinosaur bones – it came from dinosaur stones.
Gastroliths are smooth, shiny stones often found next to the skeletons of long-necked dinosaurs like Brontosaurus. They called trace fossils – not bones or teeth, but something left behind by a prehistoric creature. Footprints and coprolites – fossilized poop – are other examples of trace fossils.
The snowstorm that is crippling southern Wyoming isn’t your ordinary end-of-the-winter blizzards – it's breaking records. According to the National Weather Service in Cheyenne, their noon snow observation showed a snowfall total of 25.8 inches since the blizzard began. That’s not just a record-breaking amount of snow for March – it’s a record-breaking amount of…