Leiter, Wyoming
Unincorporated community in Wyoming, United States
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Leiter is an unincorporated community in eastern Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States, along Clear Creek. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Routes 14 and 16, east of the city of Sheridan, the county seat of Sheridan County.[2] Its elevation is 3,779 feet (1,152 m).[1] Although Leiter is unincorporated, it has a post office with ZIP code 82837.[3] Public education in the community of Clearmont is provided by Sheridan County School District #3.
Leiter, Wyoming | |
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  Leiter, Wyoming Location within the state of Wyoming  Leiter, Wyoming Leiter, Wyoming (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 44°43′5″N 106°16′9″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wyoming |
| County | Sheridan |
| Elevation | 3,780 ft (1,150 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP codes | 82837 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1597382[1] |
The location is named after Levi Z. Leiter (by reference to the Leiter estate), who owned a large ranch in the area.[4]
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Leiter has a hot-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfa" on climate maps.
| Climate data for Leiter, Wyoming, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1964–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 65 (18) |
71 (22) |
81 (27) |
88 (31) |
94 (34) |
106 (41) |
111 (44) |
105 (41) |
104 (40) |
92 (33) |
77 (25) |
73 (23) |
111 (44) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 52.5 (11.4) |
55.7 (13.2) |
69.5 (20.8) |
78.1 (25.6) |
85.0 (29.4) |
95.2 (35.1) |
101.4 (38.6) |
99.5 (37.5) |
95.3 (35.2) |
82.1 (27.8) |
66.6 (19.2) |
54.5 (12.5) |
102.3 (39.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 34.7 (1.5) |
37.4 (3.0) |
49.1 (9.5) |
57.3 (14.1) |
66.8 (19.3) |
78.1 (25.6) |
88.7 (31.5) |
87.5 (30.8) |
76.6 (24.8) |
59.8 (15.4) |
45.6 (7.6) |
35.1 (1.7) |
59.7 (15.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 24.2 (−4.3) |
26.6 (−3.0) |
36.8 (2.7) |
44.6 (7.0) |
54.0 (12.2) |
64.0 (17.8) |
73.0 (22.8) |
71.7 (22.1) |
61.5 (16.4) |
47.0 (8.3) |
34.2 (1.2) |
24.6 (−4.1) |
46.9 (8.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 13.7 (−10.2) |
15.7 (−9.1) |
24.4 (−4.2) |
31.9 (−0.1) |
41.1 (5.1) |
50.0 (10.0) |
57.4 (14.1) |
56.0 (13.3) |
46.3 (7.9) |
34.1 (1.2) |
22.8 (−5.1) |
14.1 (−9.9) |
34.0 (1.1) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −10.5 (−23.6) |
−7.0 (−21.7) |
3.9 (−15.6) |
17.1 (−8.3) |
27.9 (−2.3) |
38.1 (3.4) |
47.6 (8.7) |
44.1 (6.7) |
31.5 (−0.3) |
15.3 (−9.3) |
0.8 (−17.3) |
−7.1 (−21.7) |
−17.8 (−27.7) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −34 (−37) |
−35 (−37) |
−19 (−28) |
−1 (−18) |
15 (−9) |
31 (−1) |
38 (3) |
34 (1) |
12 (−11) |
−13 (−25) |
−20 (−29) |
−36 (−38) |
−36 (−38) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.55 (14) |
0.50 (13) |
1.04 (26) |
1.82 (46) |
2.71 (69) |
2.31 (59) |
1.72 (44) |
0.80 (20) |
1.28 (33) |
1.59 (40) |
0.65 (17) |
0.58 (15) |
15.55 (396) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 9.1 (23) |
7.7 (20) |
8.6 (22) |
7.7 (20) |
1.2 (3.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.4 (1.0) |
4.2 (11) |
6.4 (16) |
8.1 (21) |
53.4 (137) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 7.2 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 8.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 86.9 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 6.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 35.7 |
| Source 1: NOAA[5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service[6] | |||||||||||||
