GILLETTE, Wyo. — Today will likely be the end of the colder weather system in place across eastern Wyoming. The coming days will be increasingly warm until peaking around 66 degrees Monday.
Before then, Gillette residents will have to finish the week with a daily high of 35 degrees and 13–21 mph winds that could make it feel as cold as 9 degrees outside. Furthermore, those winds could increase at moments to up to 31 mph.
Tonight’s low will be 21 degrees and will feature calmer, 5–11 mph winds that will only gust at up to about 16 mph.
By tomorrow morning, it should be apparent that a new system has taken effect. Saturday will be sunny and will peak at 45 degrees. Earlier in the day, however, windchill values could still make it feel just as wintry as today. Tomorrow night will only get down to 28 degrees.
Sunday will be an entire 10 degrees warmer than tomorrow at 55 degrees. The day will be mostly sunny, but somewhat spoiled by 9–15 mph winds. Sunday night will likely be 32 degrees.
By the start of the new week, the incoming warming trend will only continue. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday’s highs should be 66, 60, 61 and 65 degrees, respectively. See the detailed forecast below, provided by the National Weather Service in Rapid City, South Dakota, for more information.
Detailed Forecast
- Today: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 35. Windchill values as low as 9. Breezy, with a north wind at 13–21 mph and gusts as high as 31 mph.
- Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 21. North wind at 5–11 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 45. Windchill values as low as 14 early on. West wind at 8–10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Southwest wind at 6–9 mph.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Southwest wind at 9–15 mph shifting to the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.
- Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. Northwest wind at 9–14 mph becoming light and variable. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.
- Monday: Sunny, with a high near 66. South wind at around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
- Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. South wind at 8–11 mph shifting to the west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
- Tuesday: A slight chance of rain after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.
- Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.
- Wednesday: A slight chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.
- Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 65.
More on the weather is available from the NWS in Rapid City.
