page_title: Goshen County, Wyoming
section_title: Climate
hierarchical_section_title: Goshen County, Wyoming / Climate
caption_attribution_description: English: Dry stream channel during drought conditions, North Platte River in Goshen County, Wyoming, near Wyoming-Nebraska state line.
context_page_description: Goshen County is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 13,249. Its county seat is Torrington. The eastern boundary of the County borders the Nebraska state line.
  Goshen County produces more cattle than any other Wyoming county. In 1997, the County had 688 farms and ranches averaging 1,840 acres. By 2007, there were 665 farms and ranches in the county.
context_section_description: Situated on the North Platte River, Goshen County has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk.)
  On June 5, 2009, a weather research team known as VORTEX2 observed and measured the full life cycle of a tornado in eastern Goshen County.
caption: Dry stream channel on the North Platte River in Goshen County during May 2002 drought conditions.
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