Cheyenne Sees Hottest Summer on Record
The summer of 2022 was Cheyenne's hottest summer on record, according to the National Weather Service.
The average temperature between June 1 and Aug. 31 was 70.7 degrees, beating the old record of 70.0 degrees set in 2020.
"While the afternoon high temperatures were indeed toasty this year, with 99 reached in July and 98 reached in August, it was the warm overnight lows that carried 2022 to the top spot," the NWS said.
"In fact, 2022 was the first year on record in which the temperature did not drop below 50F for all of both July and August," the NWS added.
Elsewhere in the region, Scottsbluff saw its second hottest summer on record, Laramie and Sidney their third hottest, and Rawlins its fifth hottest.
The summer of 2022 was also quite dry, with Scottsbluff and Sidney recording their fourth driest summers on record and Cheyenne recording its eighth driest.
4PM 9/1 – Meteorological summer 2022 (defined as the months of June, July, and August together) was the hottest on record in Cheyenne. The average temperature of 70.7 beats the old record of 70.0 degrees set in 2020. Records in Cheyenne go back to 1873. While the afternoon high temperatures were indeed toasty this year, with 99 reached in July and 98 reached in August, it was the warm overnight lows that carried 2022 to the top spot. In fact, 2022 was the first year on record in which the temperature did not drop below 50F for all of both July and August. Top 10 warmest summers on record also occurred at Scottsbluff (#2), Laramie (#3), Sidney (#3), and Rawlins (#5). In addition to the heat, this summer was quite dry. Cheyenne recorded its 8th driest summer on record. Scottsbluff and Sidney both recorded their 4th driest summers on record. Other cities benefitted more from spotty afternoon thunderstorms and ended the summer closer to normal.
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