Our first snow this year was in September our last snow the last couple of years has been in June. (It's already hit -15° at my house just outside of Laramie a couple of weeks ago, -11° in town). We had a several-week span last year where it never got above freezing. Now, it is true that the truly extreme cold 0f -20☏ or worse (the worst I've seen was close to -45☏) usually only happens a couple of times a year, and yes, it only lasts a couple of nights.īut the cold in general is fairly consistent once you get into the depths of winter. Now, temperature-wise, yes.subzero weather is extremely common. The wind alone will close down the interstates due to accidents and blowover risk. Our "high wind events" (usually once about every week and a half or so during the winter) involve gusts of 60, 70 mph.even 80 mph in the outlying areas during more extreme events. Sustained winds of 20-30 mph with gusts of 45+ area incredibly common.but the kicker is that it often lasts for days on end, with maybe a day or two break in-between. They may call Chicago "The Windy City", but it absolutely pales in comparison to the Laramie area.particularly during the winter.
I have one close friend in particular who swears he would never live here for that reason alone, lmao.įirstly, forget what you know about wind. I have friends in the Chicago suburbs (Downers Grove, to be specific) and we discuss the weather quite frequently, actually.and I can tell you the two are nothing alike. So, you're looking at Laramie specifically, which is one of the harsher spots in Wyoming. I answered over in r/wyoming, but I'll copy/paste here just in case:
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