Bitter Creek

Deep Cut, Bitter Creek, near Green River is part of a series: Union Pacific R.R. views, across the continent, west from Omaha. Courtesy Library of Congress

After a cold, wet spring, the weather is finally starting to warm up here in Wyoming. Just in time for summer, here's a look back at the hottest days ever recorded here in the Cowboy State. According to the Wyoming Climate Atlas, the warmest day in Wyoming history was July 12, 1900, when the mercury hit 116 degrees at the Bitter Creek weather station in the Red Desert...