Moving to Wyoming for hard work this summer. Went there the past winter and it was incredibly winter. Wondering if the cowboy state is still windy during the summer.
Moving to Wyoming for hard work this summer. Went there the past winter and it was incredibly winter. Wondering if the cowboy state is still windy during the summer.
bowcoy wrote:
Moving to Wyoming for hard work this summer. Went there the past winter and it was incredibly WINDY. Wondering if the cowboy state is still windy during the summer.
Edit: Typo
If you mean June-August, not as windy.
During the afternoon and early evenings, yes, although not as bad as during Jan-May when the jet stream is usually right over Wyoming. Year round, it's usually calmer in the early mornings.
Your experience might vary outside of Southeast Wyoming but it's usually always windy or breezy to some degree. See
https://windexchange.energy.gov/maps-data/325
. If you can stay closer to the western portion of the state you should be better off.
It somewhat depends on which part of Wyoming. Along I-80 is almost always windy because it is one of the places in the Rockies where there is a gap so all that wind gets funneled through there. Casper is usually very windy (especially in the spring). Places like Sheridan and Cody are not as Windy.
That being said, summer is not as bad, the fishing is outstanding and the mountains are amazing.
bowcoy wrote:
Moving to Wyoming for hard work this summer. Went there the past winter and it was incredibly winter. Wondering if the cowboy state is still windy during the summer.
In general, yes, Wyoming is very windy. I think I recall reading that some places in Wyoming are the most consistently windy places in the US in that the wind blows 20+ mph nearly all the time. Most of the state is not quite that windy, but really, if you live in Wyoming, 10-15mph wind is an almost daily thing, and 20mph wind is not uncommon. I now live in northern Idaho, and we only have maybe 1-3 days per year that I would consider "windy" by Wyoming standards.
Kind of a tangent here, but that's something I don't think many people take into account when they look at race times coming out of Wyoming. Not only is most of the state at 4500+ft elevation, but 15mph winds are very normal and ordinary. I had one track season in high school where I ran my best 1600m in my season opener and didn't beat it again until the second to last meet of the year simply because the wind was blowing 20mph or more every other time I ran it. Once I got a calm day I PRed by 4 seconds and ran a time that was about 9 seconds faster than I had been running on windy days. Wind matters.
I was at a Wyoming state track meet with gusts over 60 mph.
Depends where your at. Worked a hard summer a few summers back outside of Pinedale at 7k feet. Windy, but nothing too extreme. Whipped the tent pretty bad at night though. Bring a jacket.
P.S: Best state in the union.
rellim wrote:
Depends where your at. Worked a hard summer a few summers back outside of Pinedale at 7k feet. Windy, but nothing too extreme. Whipped the tent pretty bad at night though. Bring a jacket.
P.S: Best state in the union.
Maybe the lower 48. Alaska is pretty incredible, Montana is right up there as well, Utah is a neat place if you like the desert, Oregon has some impressive scenery, and Hawaii is a unique place if you know some of the places you can find solitude (go camp in the Waimanu valley).
Wyoming could be the king of electricity derived from wind, but instead strip mines coal.
bowcoy wrote:
Moving to Wyoming for hard work this summer. Went there the past winter and it was incredibly winter. Wondering if the cowboy state is still windy during the summer.
Where will you be living and working in Wyoming? The wind really depends on where you will be. I live on the western side of Wyoming in Star Valley, and it's windy some days, but nothing crazy. I really don't think it's worse here than any place else I've lived.
However, as someone else said, along I-80 is bad, and the eastern side of the state is worse than the western side. There has been more then one news report recently of crosswinds blowing over trucks on Wyoming interstates this February.
Ultra Runner Chick wrote:
bowcoy wrote:
Moving to Wyoming for hard work this summer. Went there the past winter and it was incredibly winter. Wondering if the cowboy state is still windy during the summer.
Where will you be living and working in Wyoming? The wind really depends on where you will be. I live on the western side of Wyoming in Star Valley, and it's windy some days, but nothing crazy. I really don't think it's worse here than any place else I've lived.
However, as someone else said, along I-80 is bad, and the eastern side of the state is worse than the western side. There has been more then one news report recently of crosswinds blowing over trucks on Wyoming interstates this February.
Yes, this is probably worth considering. Laramie, Cheyenne, and Casper are all very, very windy, and the stretch between Laramie and Cheyenne is often dangerously windy in that it literally blows semis over sometimes. They close the interstate due to wind! I went to school in Laramie, and 20mph winds gusting to 40 was not that uncommon. I love the town and the school, but the climate and weather there is just too brutal. Summers were very nice though.
FWIW, I grew up in NE Wyoming and never really thought about the wind as anything bad. Wyoming has a lot to offer, and unless you're looking to move there, I wouldn't let wind scare you off.
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In WY they say, "If summer comes on a Sunday this year, let's have a picnic." Low-wind/no-wind days are uncommon in my experience, even in summer...though I agree that summer (so-called--you're still going to be wearing layers on quite a few days) is considerably less challenging than WY's 6-8 months of winter.
Fantastic scenery, depending on where you're located, and in the summer you'll actually get a chance to see it. Also a lot of geology, if you're into that.
rellim wrote:
Worked a hard summer a few summers back outside of Pinedale at 7k feet.
How hard was the work? I'll be working hard near Laramie this summer.
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South east Wyoming is ALWAYS windy. If it is blowing less than 20mph, you will notice it and think it is a special day indeed.
Summer before 1st year of hs. Started running after I returned. Was working at a camp nearby, a lot of hard labor, mostly just tough because of the lack of breaks & altitude on the mind. Where I was at was more like 8k (just reviewed the topo map), and we didnt sleep a whole lot. One of the older guys who was a leader at the camp was some type of ultra guy who had done a 24 hr race or something the year before. He raved about the trails so no shortage. Beautiful, but mentally straining. I doubt you'll have the same issues. Work was stuff like building/ working on the fence, digging holes for the posts, random labor, working in the kitchen, working in differnt sectors of the camp. We had a joke at the camp that you got fit from just being there, as everyone would leave after the summer 15 lbs lighter, myself included.
I would go back in a heartbeat. Nothing like the views. Altitude up there is legit. Pinedale is just as gorgeous as Jackson but way more lowkey. WAY more. The isolation can be a driving factor for those workouts I presume as well. Really a special place. Everything's cheap too. 25 cent soda. That was all my sustinence for those weeks pretty much, rationing out how many shasta colas we had left for the week. As for your question of the wind- youll be fine if you avoid 80 like the rest of these guys are saying. Not saying youll never get a little gale here or there. But get out there man. Would love to know where your thinking. Defininitely heading out next summer before college.
I'll be working on a ranch in Laramie this summer. I'll be a college grad at that time, then after a year, I'm applying to veterinary school for Fall 2022. Sounds like I am going to have some fun with the wind.