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 the ZIP code of 82837.[3] Public education in the community of Clearmont is provided by Sheridan County School District #3.
Leiter, Wyoming | |
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Unincorporated community | |
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Coordinates: 44°43′5″N 106°16′9″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Wyoming |
County | Sheridan |
Elevation | 3,779 ft (1,152 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]
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) |
Average high °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) |
Average low °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] |
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County seat: Sheridan | ||
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