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Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Monday, June 3, 2024
Sunny in some areas, but a chance for rain and/or cloudy in much of Wyoming on Monday. Breezy in some locations. Highs range from near 60 to the upper 80s. Lows from the upper 30s to the upper 50s.
Central:
Casper: There’s a slight chance of rain after 5 p.m. today and before 10 p.m. tonight. Otherwise, expect it to be partly sunny and windy today with a high near 79 and wind gusts as high as 36 mph. Overnight it should be windy and gradually become mostly clear with a low near 52 and wind gusts as high as 37 mph.
Lander: There’s a chance of rain mainly after 1 p.m. today and before 11 p.m. tonight. Otherwise, it should be mostly cloudy and breezy today with a high near 71 and wind gusts as high as 26 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 48 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph.
Shoshoni: Look for it to be partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 78 and wind gusts as high as 26 mph. It should gradually become partly cloudy overnight and be breezy with a low near 48 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph.
Southwest:
Evanston: There’s a chance of rain after noon today and a slight chance before midnight tonight. Otherwise, look for it to be mostly cloudy and breezy today with a high near 67 and wind gusts as high as 37 mph. It should be mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 45 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.
Rock Springs: There’s a slight chance of rain after 3 p.m. today and a chance of rain before 11 p.m. tonight. Otherwise, expect increasing clouds and it to be breezy today with a high near 74 and wind gusts as high as 32 mph. Overnight it should be breezy and gradually become partly cloudy with a low near 46 and wind gusts as high as 31 mph.
Kemmerer: There’s a chance of rain today and tonight before 11 p.m. Otherwise, it should be mostly cloudy and windy today with a high near 66 and wind gusts as high as 38 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and windy with a low near 41 and wind gusts as high as 34 mph.
Western Wyoming:
Pinedale: There’s a chance of rain today and a chance of rain tonight mainly before 11 p.m. Otherwise, expect it to be mostly cloudy and breezy today with a high near 59 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 38 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph.
Afton: Rain is near certain today and likely before midnight tonight. Otherwise, the high today should be near 60 and the low overnight near 41.
La Barge: There’s a chance of rain today and a chance tonight before 11 p.m. Otherwise, look for it to be mostly cloudy and windy today with a high near 64 and wind gusts as high as 36 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 39 and wind gusts as high as 31 mph.
Northwest:
Dubois: Rain is likely today and there’s a chance of rain before midnight tonight. Otherwise, it should be breezy today with a high near 60 and wind gusts as high as 33 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and windy with a low near 41 and wind gusts as high as 39 mph.
Jackson: Rain is near certain today and likely overnight. Otherwise, the high today should be near 59 and it should be mostly cloudy and breezy overnight with a low near 40 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph.
Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park: Rain is near certain today and overnight. Otherwise, the high today should be near 52 and the low overnight should be near 35.
Bighorn Basin:
Thermopolis: There’s a slight chance of rain after 5 p.m. today and before 10 p.m. tonight. Otherwise, expect it to be mostly cloudy and breezy today with a high near 77 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. It should gradually become partly cloudy overnight and be breezy with a low near 48 and wind gusts as high as 23 mph.
Cody: There’s a chance of rain mainly after 3 p.m. today and before midnight tonight. Otherwise, it should be mostly cloudy and breezy today with a high near 71 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 48 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph.
Worland: There’s a slight chance of rain after 4 p.m. today and before 9 p.m. tonight. Otherwise, look for clouds to increase and it to be breezy today with a high near 78 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph. It should be breezy and gradually become partly cloudy overnight with a low near 47 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph.
North Central:
Buffalo: There’s a chance of rain mainly after 5 p.m. today and mainly before midnight tonight. Otherwise, expect it to be partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 76 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph. It should be breezy and gradually become partly cloudy overnight with a low near 46 and wind gusts as high as 26 mph.
Sheridan: It should be partly sunny today with a high near 81 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 45.
Story: There’s a slight chance of rain after 3 p.m. today and a chance of rain overnight. Otherwise, look for increasing clouds today with a high near 75 and it should be mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 43.
Northeast:
Gillette: Look for increasing clouds today with a high near 80 and wind gusts as high as 29 mph. It should be mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain, a low near 48 and wind gusts as high as 28 mph.
Newcastle: Expect it to be sunny today with a high near 81 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Overnight it should gradually become partly cloudy and there’s a chance of rain. The low should be near 50 and winds could gust as high as 24 mph.
Hulett: It should be sunny today with a high near 82 and wind gusts as high as 18 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, a low near 47 and wind gusts as high as 17 mph.
Eastern Plains:
Torrington: Clouds should increase today with a high near 87 and it should gradually become mostly clear overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight and a low near 58.
Lusk: Look for it to be mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 81 and wind from 15-20 mph in the afternoon. It should be breezy and gradually become mostly clear overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight, a low near 51 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.
Wright: Expect it to be mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 79 and wind gusts as high as 32 mph. It should be breezy and gradually become partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight, a low near 48 and wind gusts as high as 31 mph.
Southeast:
Cheyenne: Clouds should increase today with a high near 81 and it should gradually become partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight and a low near 54.
Laramie: Look for it to be partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 75 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph. It should be breezy and gradually become partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before midnight, a low near 50 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.
Pine Bluffs: Expect it to be mostly sunny today with a high near 86 and it should gradually become partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 54.
South Central:
Rawlins: Clouds should increase and it should be breezy today with a high near 74 and wind gusts as high as 35 mph. Overnight it should be breezy and gradually become partly cloudy with a chance of rain before midnight, a low near 49 and wind gusts as high as 35 mph.
Saratoga: Look for it to be partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 75 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph. It should be breezy and gradually become partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before midnight, a low near 48 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.
Wamsutter: There’s a chance of rain mainly after 5 p.m. today and before midnight tonight. Otherwise, expect it to be partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 72 and wind gusts as high as 33 mph. Overnight it should be breezy and gradually become partly cloudy with a low near 47 and wind gusts as high as 33 mph.
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Wyoming High School Basketball 2A State Tournament 2026
The 2-time defending champ Tongue River girls, along with both teams from Big Horn will represent Sheridan County in the small school version of March Madness.
Click here to see results from the regional tournaments.
2A Boys:
First Round:
Thursday, March 5th: (All games played at Casper College)
(#2E) Big Horn vs. (#3W) Shoshoni – Noon
(#1W) Thermopolis vs. (#4E) Sundance – 1:30pm
(#2W) Wyoming Indian vs. (#3E) Wright – 6:30pm
(#1E) Pine Bluffs vs. (#4W) Rocky Mountain – 8pm
Friday, March 6th: (All games played at Ford Wyoming Center)
Consolation Round:
Big Horn/Shoshoni loser vs. Thermopolis/Sundance loser – Noon LOSER OUT!
Wyoming Indian/Wright loser vs. Pine Bluffs/Rocky Mountain loser – 1:30pm LOSER OUT!
Semi-Finals:
Big Horn/Shoshoni winner vs. Thermopolis/Sundance winner – 6:30pm
Wyoming Indian/Wright winner vs. Pine Bluffs/Rocky Mountain winner – 8pm
Saturday, March 7th:
Friday Noon winner vs. Friday 1:30pm – Noon at Ford Wyoming Center Consolation Championship
Friday 6:30pm loser vs. Friday 8pm loser – 3pm at Natrona County High School 3rd Place
Friday 6:30pm winner vs. Friday 8pm winner – 7pm at Ford Wyoming Center Championship
2A Girls:
First Round:
Thursday, March 5th: (All games played at Casper College)
(#2W) Wyoming Indian vs. (#3E) Big Horn – 9am
(#1E) Sundance vs. (#4W) Shoshoni – 10:30am
(#2E) Tongue River vs. (#3W) Greybull – 3:30pm
(#1W) Thermopolis vs. (#4E) Pine Bluffs – 5pm
Friday, March 6th: (All games played at Ford Wyoming Center)
Consolation Round:
Wyoming Indian/Big Horn loser vs. Sundance/Shoshoni loser – 9am LOSER OUT!
Tongue River/Greybull loser vs. Thermopolis/Pine Bluffs loser – 10:30am LOSER OUT!
Semi-Finals:
Wyoming Indian/Big Horn winner vs. Sundance/Shoshoni winner – 3:30pm
Tongue River/Greybull loser vs. Thermopolis/Pine Bluffs loser – 5pm
Saturday, March 7th:
Friday 9am winner vs. Friday 10:30am winner – 9am at Ford Wyoming Center Consolation Championship
Friday 3:30pm loser vs. Friday 5pm loser – 10:30am at Ford Wyoming Center 3rd Place
Friday 3:30pm winner vs. Friday 5pm winner – 5:30pm at Ford Wyoming Center Championship
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Wyoming Crow Hunters Can Blast All They Want, But Nobody Eats The Birds
Mention of bird hunting might conjure up images of hunters and their dogs huddling in freezing duck blinds or pounding the brush in hopes of kicking up pheasants. But crow hunting is a thing in Wyoming too.
“It’s about the sport of it,” Dan Kinneman of Riverton told Cowboy State Daily.
He started crow hunting when he was 14 and is about to turn 85. He’s never tried cooking and eating crows or known anybody who has.
Instead, shooting crows is essentially nuisance bird control, as they’re known to wreak havoc on agricultural crops.
“All the ranchers will let you hunt crows. I’ve never been refused access to hunt crows. They all hate them,” he said.
In Wyoming, crow hunting season runs from Nov. 1 to Feb. 28. No license is required, and there’s no bag limit. Hunters can shoot all the crows they want to.
It’s a ball for hunting dogs too, Kinneman said.
“My yellow Labrador retriever, he doesn’t care whether it’s a crow or duck. In fact, he likes crow hunting more than duck hunting, because there’s more action,” he said.
Don’t Expect It To Be Easy
Kinneman said that in the days of his youth, crow hunting was as simple as driving around and “shooting them out of trees with rifles.”
However, as the number of people and buildings potentially in the paths of bullets grew, such practices fell out of favor. Crow hunting became more regulated.
And it evolved to resemble hunting other birds, such as waterfowl.
Meaning, hunters started setting out decoys, hiding in blinds and using calls to tempt crows to within shotgun range.
Kinneman is no stranger to hunting of all types. He’s taken numerous species of big game in Wyoming and elsewhere. And in July 2005, he shot a prairie dog near Rock Springs from well over a mile away.
He hit the prairie dog from 2,157 yards away. A mile is 1,760 yards.
But bird hunting has always been his favorite.
“It’s my life,” he said.
He has a huge collection of duck, goose and dove decoys. And two tubs full of crow decoys.
The uninitiated might think that going out and blasting crows would be a slam dunk.
That isn’t so, Kinneman said. He likes crow hunting for the challenge of it.
“Hunting crows is hard. They are a lot smarter than ducks and geese,” he said.
Pick Up After Yourself
Even though he doesn’t eat crows, Kinneman said he never just left them littering the ground where he shot them.
“I never let them lay out there. I always picked them up and disposed of the carcasses,” he said.
That’s good ethics and it shows respect for the ranchers, he said.
“Leaving them (dead crows) out there would be no different than just leaving all of your empty shotgun shells out there,” he said.
“You have to pick up after yourself, or the ranchers won’t let you back onto their land,” he added.
Slow Year
At his age, Kinneman isn’t sure how much longer he’ll be able to get out crow hunting. And this year has been a total bust.
“I love doing it. But this year there are no crows,” he said.
The Riverton area is along major crow migration routes.
Picking a good hunting spot is a matter of “finding a flyway” that the crows are on and then setting up a spread of decoys and a blind along the route.
But with an unusually warm winter, the crow flyways have been practically empty, he said.
Migrations Are Off Everywhere
Avid birdwatcher Lucas Fralick of Laramie said that warm, dry conditions much of this winter have knocked bird migrations out of whack.
“I do know that because of the weather, migrations are off all over the place,” he said.
One of his favorite species is the dark-eyed junco, a “small, sparrow-like bird,” he said.
They usually winter in the Laramie area and leave right around March. This year, they were gone by November, he said.
“They’re a cold-weather bird,” he said.
Mark Heinz can be reached at mark@cowboystatedaily.com.
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