An anomalous ridge built over the Front Range area resulted in record heat approaching all-time values. High temperatures across southeast Wyoming reached the upper 90s and even the triple digits in spots along the North Platte River valley.
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The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
An anomalous ridge built over the Front Range area resulted in record heat approaching all-time values. High temperatures across southeast Wyoming reached the upper 90s and even the triple digits in spots along the North Platte River valley. Cheyenne came within one degree Fahrenheit of the all-time high temperature.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Torrington Airport ASOS station (KTOR) measured an afternoon high temperature of 107 degrees Fahrenheit with a heat index exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Cheyenne Airport ASOS station (KCYS) measured an afternoon high temperature of 99 degrees Fahrenheit and came within one degree of the all-time record. This was the 5th hottest day all-time in Cheyenne.
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