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Cheyenne, WY

THIS MONTH · 2026
WETTEST THIS MONTH SINCE 2024
2.05in
22nd wettest of 156 years · normal 1.11"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.01in
36th wettest of 155 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
2.05in
22nd wettest of 156 yrs
185% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
4.4in
49th driest of 156 yrs
83% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
8.23in
26th driest of 156 yrs
71% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

6.06in
on Aug 1, 1985 · in 156 years

Dry Streak

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current run under 0.01" · longest ever 89 days (to Nov 19, 1876)

Wet Streak

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consecutive days with rain · longest ever 14 days

Year to Date vs Normal

71%
8.23" of a normal 11.53" · wettest 18.65" (1905) · driest 4.38" (1880)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 154-year record (1871–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 14.78" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1194223.69in
2190522.68in
3192321.74in
4189620.79in
5198320.69in

Driest Years on Record

118765.04in
219645.94in
318797.55in
419608.22in
518808.38in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in May (~2.24") and driest in Jan (~0.33"). Wettest calendar month ever: Apr 1900, 7.66".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Cheyenne — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Aug 24 ever

0.74in
set in 1992

Rain on Aug 24

32%
of 155 years had measurable rain
1871: 0.00″1872: 0.00″1873: 0.01″1874: 0.00″1875: 0.01″1876: 0.00″1877: 0.00″1878: 0.11″1879: 0.00″1880: 0.02″1881: 0.01″1882: 0.00″1883: 0.00″1884: 0.02″1885: 0.02″1886: 0.00″1887: 0.20″1888: 0.00″1889: 0.00″1890: 0.00″1891: 0.00″1892: 0.00″1893: 0.00″1894: 0.00″1895: 0.00″1896: 0.00″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.00″1901: 0.02″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.01″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.00″1906: 0.02″1907: 0.00″1908: 0.00″1909: 0.01″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.03″1915: 0.00″1916: 0.01″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.10″1922: 0.00″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.10″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.06″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.07″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.03″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.01″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.09″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.02″1940: 0.03″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.32″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.04″1946: 0.07″1947: 0.06″1948: 0.01″1949: 0.04″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.02″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.05″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.07″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.01″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.32″1973: 0.01″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.08″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.22″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.18″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.01″1991: 0.02″1992: 0.74″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.12″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.05″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.01″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.14″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.03″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.01″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.03″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.01″0″1″188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Cheyenne's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Cheyenne, WY — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Cheyenne's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Cheyenne, WY — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:19 AM
Sunset6:43 PM
Solar noon12:01 PM
Daylight13h 25m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

41.16°N, 104.81°W

Nearby Stations

Scottsbluff, NE79 mi NEDenver, CO90 mi SCasper, WY147 mi NWColorado Springs, CO162 mi SPueblo, CO198 mi SGoodland, KS205 mi SE

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