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Medicine Bow, Wyoming Weather

Pikas hayfeeding in granite peaks. Day 78 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Medicine Bow weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Medicine Bow, WY
Friday, June 5 at 9:39 AM
50
°
Clear
Feels like
45°
Humidity
73%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:30 AM
Sunset
8:36 PM
Medicine Bow, WY
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMedicine Bow, WY: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 54 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 54°H 81°
Medicine Bow, WY
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 5
    Clear
    81°47°
  2. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    12%
    88°48°+7°
  3. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    12%
    80°56°-8°
  4. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    10%
    81°48°+1°
  5. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    81°55°
  6. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Partly Cloudy
    14%
    64°48°-17°
  7. Thursday
    Jun 11
    Overcast
    14%
    65°42°+1°
Medicine Bow, WY
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
121° · backing 157°
Direction
ESE
121°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
33
avg 12
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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
avg 12 · pk 33 @ 5:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 217SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Medicine Bow, WY
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
796.0
+5.5 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 23.51 inHg
Now
796.0
mb
3h
+5.5
mb
12h
+3.5
mb
24h
-0.9
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 796802
790795800805810-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW802.2795.8801.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Medicine Bow, WY
Air quality
39
AQI
Good
-30 in 6h

AQI 39 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 30 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 7.7 µg/m³ (AQI 43) with a 0.86 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
7.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
14μg/m³
OzoneGood
35μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.7 µg/m³ (AQI 43) with a 0.86 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.86
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Medicine Bow, WY
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
36.1mi
UNLIMITED
185 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
09:39 UTC ·Medicine Bow, WY · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
09:39 UTC ·Medicine Bow, WY · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Medicine Bow, WY
Satellite · infrared · animated
Medicine Bow, WY
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Medicine Bow, WY
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
10:58 AM
Sunrise
5:30 AM
Daylight
15h 06m
Sunset
8:36 PM
Civil dusk
3:11 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Medicine Bow, WY
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
6:11 AM
Moonset
4:10 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Medicine Bow, WY
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Pikas hayfeeding in granite peaks

fish
Jan 143% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Medicine Bow at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 23°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 27 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Warm-season window is open

As of June 5, the last spring frost has passed for most years. Transplant tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, basil, and cucurbits (cucumbers, squash, melons) now. Direct-sow beans and corn into warm soil.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Medicine Bow

SPC has placed Medicine Bow in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Medicine Bow

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.