Seasons Greetings: Wyoming Gets First Snow Of The Season
As many areas of Wyoming battle huge wildfires, the first snow of the season fell over Togwotee Pass on Monday morning. Meteorologist Don Day said this doesn't mean summer is over, but summer is on the way out.

Andrew Rossi
August 26, 2024 • 4 min read


A screenshot from a Wyoming Department of Transportation highway camera shows snow falling on Togwotee Pass on U.S. Highway 26/287 near Wind River Lake on Monday morning. (Wyoming Department of Transportation)

As many other areas of Wyoming battle huge wildfires, the first snow of the season blanketed Togwotee Pass on Monday morning. ... But don’t read into that too much — the Cowboy State isn’t about to be plunged into an early winter.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation’s webcams over Togwotee Pass near Wind River Lake showed heavy, wet flakes of snow falling onto U.S. Highway 26/287 in the Wind River Range.

Cowboy State Daily meteorologist Don Day was confident in declaring it the first snow of the season in Wyoming. ... “I’m not aware of anything before this,” he said. “I also got a picture from somebody that lives in Driggs, Idaho. There was a pretty good covering of snow on the backside the Grand Teton as well.”

Despite appearances, Day said the “first snow” of the season is an outlier rather than a trend. ... “This does not mean that summer's over, but summer is on the way out,” he said.

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