Dry Creek Glacier | |
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Type | Mountain glacier |
Location | Fremont County, Wyoming, USA |
Coordinates | 43°10′38″N 109°30′30″W / 43.17722°N 109.50833°W[1] |
Area | 70 acres (28 ha) |
Length | .35 mi (0.56 km) |
Width | .35 mi (0.56 km) |
Terminus | Proglacial lake |
Status | Unknown |
Dry Creek Glacier is located in Shoshone National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming on Dry Creek Ridge, a high altitude plateau to the east of the main summits of the Wind River Range.[2] The toe of the glacier has an unnamed proglacial lake, and the glacier has a moderate slope which descends from 12,320 to 11,800 ft (3,760 to 3,600 m).[2]
Climate data for Dry Creek Ridge 43.1684 N, 109.5035 W, Elevation: 12,618 ft (3,846 m) (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 18.7 (−7.4) |
18.4 (−7.6) |
24.2 (−4.3) |
29.6 (−1.3) |
38.3 (3.5) |
48.8 (9.3) |
58.3 (14.6) |
57.1 (13.9) |
48.5 (9.2) |
36.5 (2.5) |
24.6 (−4.1) |
18.2 (−7.7) |
35.1 (1.7) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 10.0 (−12.2) |
9.0 (−12.8) |
14.0 (−10.0) |
18.9 (−7.3) |
27.5 (−2.5) |
37.5 (3.1) |
45.8 (7.7) |
44.7 (7.1) |
36.9 (2.7) |
26.2 (−3.2) |
15.9 (−8.9) |
9.6 (−12.4) |
24.7 (−4.1) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 1.3 (−17.1) |
−0.3 (−17.9) |
3.8 (−15.7) |
8.2 (−13.2) |
16.8 (−8.4) |
26.2 (−3.2) |
33.4 (0.8) |
32.3 (0.2) |
25.4 (−3.7) |
15.9 (−8.9) |
7.3 (−13.7) |
1.0 (−17.2) |
14.3 (−9.8) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.42 (61) |
2.78 (71) |
2.28 (58) |
4.78 (121) |
4.11 (104) |
2.53 (64) |
1.38 (35) |
1.14 (29) |
2.10 (53) |
2.31 (59) |
2.80 (71) |
2.97 (75) |
31.6 (801) |
Source: PRISM Climate Group[3] |