Climate in Basin
Basin's climate follows the Bighorn Basin's real, genuinely distinct cold semi-arid pattern -- hot, dry summers and cold, comparatively lightly snowy winters.
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Learn moreHot, dry summers
Basin's July average high runs 91°F, with lows around 60°F -- a real, current, genuinely hot summer climate for a Wyoming market (base record).
Cold, freezing winters
Basin's January mean minimum temperature runs 0°F, with winters described as freezing and partly cloudy (base record).
Genuinely light snowfall relative to Wyoming's mountain regions
Basin's annual snowfall runs 15-20 inches over the lower Bighorn Basin (30-40 inches at higher basin-edge elevations) -- genuinely lighter than Wyoming's mountain communities (base record).
Wyoming's statewide wildfire and drought risk, with a real Basin-specific uncertainty
Wyoming carries a real, current #2-among-the-lower-48 wildfire-risk ranking and #4 drought-risk ranking statewide, though this pass did not confirm a Basin-specific citation one way or the other (base record).
Key takeaways
- Basin's summers run genuinely hot (91°F average July high) within a cold semi-arid climate.
- Winters run genuinely cold and freezing (0°F January mean minimum).
- Snowfall runs genuinely light (15-20 inches) relative to Wyoming's mountain communities.
- Wyoming's statewide wildfire/drought risk ranking applies, though a Basin-specific figure was not confirmed this pass.
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