Climate

Temperatures-Fahrenheit

Annual Average - 44.6
January Average - 19.5
July Average - 71.0

Average High/Low

January - 31.2 / 7.8
July - 86.1 / 55.9

Precipitation

Annual Average - 13.01"
Average Snowfall - 108"

Humidity Average

5 am - 64%
11 am - 47%
5 pm - 43%
11 pm - 57%

Average Growing Season - 79 to 101 days

Sunshine Days

114 Clear Days
122 Partly Cloudy Days
129 Cloudy Days

Average Wind Speed - 6.8 mph

Population - City

1980 - 7867

1985 - 7472

1990 - 7023

1995 - 7266

2000 - 6867

Population - County

1980 - 38,992

1985 - 34,120

1990 - 33,662

1995 -

2000 - 35,804

Education

Elementary Schools

# of Schools - 4
# of Students - 880

Junior High

# of Schools - 1
# of Students - 365

High School

# of Schools - 1
# of Students - 711

Private Schools

# of Schools - 1
# of Students - 32

Community College

Central Wyoming College -

Located 24 miles away in Riverton.
CWC has a Lander office and
offers local classes

University of Wyoming -

Outreach Center Credit Courses

Communications

Newspapers

Lander Journal (Sun,Wed)
Riverton Ranger (Sun - Fri)
Casper Star Tribune (Daily)
The Advertiser (Weekly)

Radio

KOVE/KDLY (AM/FM)
KCWC (Public)
KUWR (Public)
KTRZ (FM)
KVOW/KTAK (AM/FM)

Cable TV

ATT Broadband

Telephone Communications

Qwest Communications
McLeod USA
Pyxis Communications
Union Cellular