Lysite,_Wyoming
Lysite, Wyoming
Unincorporated community in Wyoming, United States
Lysite (also Lysaght) is an unincorporated community in northeastern Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. It lies along local roads northeast of the city of Lander, the county seat of Fremont County.[2] Lysite has a post office.[3] The Bridger Trail passed near Lysite on its way north to the gold fields of Montana in the 19th century.
During a drought in 1960, Lysite recorded 1.28 inches or 32.5 millimetres of precipitation for the entire calendar year. This was the lowest annual precipitation total recorded in Wyoming,[4] and the lowest anywhere in the United States outside the Southwest.[citation needed]
Climate
| Climate data for Lysite, Wyoming | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 30 (−1) |
38 (3) |
47 (8) |
57 (14) |
67 (19) |
78 (26) |
88 (31) |
87 (31) |
76 (24) |
60 (16) |
42 (6) |
34 (1) |
59 (15) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 1 (−17) |
9 (−13) |
19 (−7) |
28 (−2) |
37 (3) |
45 (7) |
51 (11) |
49 (9) |
38 (3) |
28 (−2) |
14 (−10) |
6 (−14) |
27 (−3) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.2 (5.1) |
0.1 (2.5) |
0.4 (10) |
0.8 (20) |
1.8 (46) |
1.0 (25) |
0.7 (18) |
0.6 (15) |
0.8 (20) |
1.0 (25) |
0.3 (7.6) |
0.2 (5.1) |
7.9 (199.3) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 3.1 (7.9) |
2.7 (6.9) |
2.8 (7.1) |
2.6 (6.6) |
1.1 (2.8) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.6 (1.5) |
1.1 (2.8) |
2.7 (6.9) |
2.9 (7.4) |
19.6 (49.9) |
| Average precipitation days | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| Average snowy days | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Source: Google/NOAA [5] | |||||||||||||
It also has Lost Cabin Gas Plant and Madden natural gas field, owned and operated by Contango Resources.
The J.B. Okie mansion is located in Lysite.[6] Lysite has an old one room schoolhouse, library, and a general store. Most of the residents own cows and horses, and most residents have some background in agriculture. Every summer the community hosts a series of mini rodeos called the gymkhanas. On Labor Day, Lysite hosts a large rodeo, including a night of Ranch Rodeo.[citation needed]
Public education in the community of Lysite is provided by Fremont County School District #24. The district has three campuses – Shoshoni Elementary School (grades PK-6), Shoshoni Junior High School (grades 7–8) and Shoshoni High School (grades 9–12).
- Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 116.
- "Google.com". Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- Rea, Tom. "J. B. Okie, Sheep King of Central Wyoming". wyohistory.org. Wyoming State Historical Society. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
