Rain and snow blanketed the Big Horn Basin and Wyoming last week from 9 a.m. Wednesday to 9 a.m. Friday with records set in Worland.

According to the National Weather Service Riverton office, in Washakie County, Winchester measured 1.47 inches in rain and north of Worland had .76 inches. The storm dumped .43 inches on Wednesday which broke a .36-inch record set in 2021. Another record was set on Thursday with .32 inches breaking a record set in 2021 of .31 inches.

The rain also caused Lane 17 to be closed for one day due to flooding at the slab during the storm.

In Hot Springs County, 1 mile east of Thermopolis recorded 2.11 inches and Lucerne, north of Thermopolis measured 2.32 inches. In Park County Meeteetse measured 3.37 inches and Cody 2.65 inches. Big Horn County had the least amount of precipitation in the Big Horn Basin with less than .5 inches recorded in Lovell (.3) and Greybull (.21).

The mountains also saw significant snowfall with the storm. Per the NWS Riverton office, the west Bighorn Mountains saw between eight to 16 inches and the east side of the mountains saw 20 to 30 inches.

The Wind River Mountains reported between eight to 20 inches, the Absaroka Mountains saw 15 to 25 inches and the Teton Mountains recorded eight to 14 inches.

For the year, Worland has seen 8.65 inches of precipitation, 1.75 inches more than normal. Last year Worland saw 5.51 inches of precipitation for the year from Jan. 1 to

Oct. 15.