National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Jan. 7th, 5:30pm - A much colder end of the week is expected for southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska behind a cold front moving through tonight. Temperatures Friday will be in the upper-20s to mid-30s, with windy conditions. The cold and wind will combine to create wind chills in the single digits. While this is nothing new for the region, it is the first significant cold after prolonged warmth to end 2025 and start 2026.
9AM 1/6 - The numbers are in, and it will come as no surprise that December 2025 was the warmest December on record for most locations across our area. Temperatures varied from 9 to 13 degrees above average!
Season-to-date snow totals remain well below average across the entire area. Both Cheyenne and Scottbluff have received barely one quarter of their average snowfall so far this season. In the mountains, while the Sierra Madre and Snowy Ranges have made up some ground since record lows at the beginning of December, snowpack remains below average. Even lower snowpack (near record lows) is present in northern Colorado, which runs off into the North Platte and Laramie Rivers every spring. Snowpack in the Laramie range remains at record lows for early January.