Yoder, Wyoming climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Yoder's normal year runs from 16°F December nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 15.0 inches of precipitation and 47 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.9°C, December lows of −9°C, July highs of 33°C, 381 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationYoder (5 mi W)
- Station IDUSC00489925
- Location41.91°N 104.39°W
- Elevation4,330 ft (1,320 m)
- Population133
On October 23, the normal high in Yoder is 63°F and the normal low 31°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Yoder.
- Jan 44° 17°
- Feb 46° 17°
- Mar 56° 24°
- Apr 63° 31°
- May 72° 41°
- Jun 84° 50°
- Jul 92° 56°
- Aug 89° 54°
- Sep 81° 45°
- Oct 67° 33°
- Nov 53° 24°
- Dec 43° 16°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Yoder each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.24 in), the least in January (0.33 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F | 17°F | 30.5°F | 0.33 | 4.8 | 3 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 46°F | 17°F | 31.4°F | 0.49 | 8.2 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 56°F | 24°F | 39.8°F | 0.96 | 7.2 | 4 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 63°F | 31°F | 46.7°F | 1.80 | 5.5 | 6 | <1 | 18 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 72°F | 41°F | 56.4°F | 3.24 | 0.1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 84°F | 50°F | 67.0°F | 1.89 | 0.0 | 7 | 8 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 92°F | 56°F | 74.0°F | 1.60 | 0.0 | 5 | 18 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 89°F | 54°F | 71.3°F | 1.08 | 0.0 | 5 | 16 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 81°F | 45°F | 63.2°F | 1.32 | 0.8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 33°F | 49.7°F | 1.24 | 4.9 | 5 | <1 | 14 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 53°F | 24°F | 38.3°F | 0.59 | 6.5 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 43°F | 16°F | 29.6°F | 0.45 | 9.1 | 3 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 34°F | 49.8°F | 14.99 | 47.1 | 55 | 48 | 172 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −8°C | −0.8°C | 8 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 8°C | −8°C | −0.3°C | 12 mm | 21 cm |
| March | 13°C | −4°C | 4.3°C | 24 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 17°C | −1°C | 8.2°C | 46 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 22°C | 5°C | 13.6°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 10°C | 19.4°C | 48 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 13°C | 23.3°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 12°C | 21.8°C | 27 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 7°C | 17.3°C | 34 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 19°C | 0°C | 9.8°C | 31 mm | 12 cm |
| November | 12°C | −5°C | 3.5°C | 15 mm | 17 cm |
| December | 6°C | −9°C | −1.3°C | 11 mm | 23 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00489925; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Yoder?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (4).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00489925.
When is the last frost in Yoder?
In Yoder, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 15 in half of years and after June 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 27 in half of years and before September 12 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 151 year in 10 after June 2; 9 in 10 after May 3
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 271 year in 10 before September 12; 9 in 10 before October 8
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 132 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 153 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 4 in half of springs and before October 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Yoder in zone 5a in ZIP code 82244, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Wyoming · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00489925; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Yoder?
In a normal year in Yoder, 48 days a year reach 90°F (5 of them 100°F or more), 172 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 55 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 48a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 172a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 21high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 55a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 16a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1921) is 109°F, on July 6, 1973; the lowest is −46°F, on January 17, 1930.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1993, with 20.17 in; the snowiest season is 1979–80, with 98.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00489925; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00489925. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Yoder?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Yoder, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (83%) and April the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 2.3 |
| February | 75% | 3.2 |
| March | 76% | 4.5 |
| April | 72% | 5.4 |
| May | 73% | 6.1 |
| June | 81% | 7.1 |
| July | 83% | 6.9 |
| August | 83% | 6.1 |
| September | 83% | 5.0 |
| October | 78% | 3.6 |
| November | 78% | 2.5 |
| December | 75% | 2.0 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Yoder need?
A normal year in Yoder brings 6,196 heating degree days, 15% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 701 cooling degree days, 23% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,762 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,068 | 0 |
| February | 940 | 0 |
| March | 780 | 0 |
| April | 548 | 1 |
| May | 283 | 17 |
| June | 59 | 119 |
| July | 5 | 284 |
| August | 15 | 210 |
| September | 124 | 68 |
| October | 476 | 2 |
| November | 801 | 0 |
| December | 1,095 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,196 | 701 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00489925. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Yoder's climate compare?
Yoder is warmer than 70 of the other 70 places with their own NOAA record in Wyoming, and wetter than 44. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.8°F is warmer than 39%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Yoder is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Yoder share this climate record?
Veteran has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Veteran, WY0 people · 3 mi N
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Yoder's climate
What is the coldest month in Yoder?
December, with a normal high of 43°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 56°F at night).
Does it snow in Yoder?
Yes: 47 inches in a normal year, falling on 17 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (9.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Yoder?
May, with 3.24 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.33 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Yoder in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Yoder in zone 5a in ZIP code 82244, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Yoder?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 15; in one year in ten it comes after June 2. Waiting until June 2 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Wyoming climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Lingle, WY15 miles from this station, 46.9°F a year
- Torrington, WY16 miles from this station, 49.1°F a year
- Phillips, WY21 miles from this station, 47.9°F a year
- Old Fort Laramie, WY22 miles from this station, 49.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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