Partly cloudy. Areas of fog after midnight. Lows 16 to 22.
Tuesday
Partly cloudy. Areas of fog in the morning. A 20 percent chance of snow showers in the afternoon. Highs 29 to 35. Southwest winds around 15 mph late in the afternoon.
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of snow in the morning... then slight chance of rain showers and snow showers in the afternoon. Highs 35 to 41. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow showers. Lows 21 to 27.
Thursday
Partly cloudy. Highs 38 to 44.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear. Lows 20 to 26.
Friday
Mostly sunny. Highs 41 to 47.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows 22 to 28.
Saturday
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of snow in the morning... then slight chance of rain and snow in the afternoon. Highs 40 to 46. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow. Lows 20 to 26.
Sunday
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of snow in the morning...then slight chance of rain and snow in the afternoon. Highs 37 to 43. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 4:49 am MDT on October 13, 2008
... Historic October snowstorm hits the city of Lander... ... Top 6 October storm impacts the city of Riverton...
The recent October snowstorm will be one for the records books in the city of Lander where the official snowfall total was 29.7 inches. This storm of October 10th-12th... 2008 will now rank as the greatest storm to ever hit Lander during the month of October and the 7th largest snowstorm of all-time.
New record... October 10th-12th... 2008... ... ... ... ... 29.7 inches. Old record... October 30th-November 1st... 1920... ... .27.6 inches.
Only other two foot October storm: October 27th-29th... 1971... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .27.1 inches.
Top all-time Lander snowstorms...
April 21st-24th... 1999... ... ... ... ..52.7 inches. November 9th-13th... 1978... ... ... ... 36.7 inches. April 9th-15th... 1927... ... ... ... ... 34.1 inches. May 4th-8th... 1978... ... ... ... ... ... 33.1 inches. April 12th-14th... 1945... ... ... ... ..32.7 inches. May 19th-21st... 1975... ... ... ... ... .31.5 inches. March 28th-30th... 2007... ... ... ... ..29.7 inches. October 10th-12th... 2008... ... ... ... 29.7 inches. May 10th-12th... 1933... ... ... ... ... .29.5 inches. February 23-27th... 1987... ... ... ... .29.0 inches.
In the city of Riverton... the 12.1 inches of official snowfall in town ranks as the 6th greatest October snowstorm of all-time and 23rd all-time greatest snowstorm.
Riverton's all-time October snowstorms:
October 27th-30th... 1971... ... ... ... ... .22.0 inches. October 29th-31st... 1920... ... ... ... ... .15.0 inches. October 11th-12th... 1928... ... ... ... ... .15.0 inches. October 8th-9th... 1961... ... ... ... ... ... 13.0 inches. October 29th-31st... 2003... ... ... ... ... .12.6 inches. October 10th-12th... 2008... ... ... ... ... .12.1 inches.
Riverton's all-time greatest top 5 snowstorms:
February 23rd-27th... 1987... ... ... ... ... 22.0 inches. October 27th-30th... 1971... ... ... ... ... .22.0 inches. December 9th-10th... 1985... ... ... ... ... .19.0 inches. April 10th-15th... 1927... ... ... ... ... ... 18.0 inches. April 22nd-24th... 1999... ... ... ... ... ... 17.5 inches.