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Originally Posted by dolphingirl8028
Hello my hubby and I are relocating to the Gillette area very soon. What is there to do there or around there? Im moving from south east Oregon and its cold and was snowy here.. What is the weather like during winter and summer? Please help with any ideas..   |
What exactly are you asking? Are you talking about work or recreational activities?
The weather varies greatly here... it can get cold in the winter and hot in the summer, but not to the extremes that other places have. We got as cold as -12 this year, but it was in the middle of the night when most people are in bed asleep. I noticed a couple below during the day a few times, but it's not a daily thing. You can probably expect teens to be common in a couple of the colder months, and twenties in a couple other winter months.
It's been between high 20's and low 60's here the last month or so..... not bad at all. The benefit is that you won't find months of 110-120 degrees in the summer like a lot of the places that have milder winters. I'll trade 120 in the summer for a few negative temps in the winter... you can always put another layer or two on, but in extreme heat there's really nothing you can do except for stay inside with the AC on or lounge in a pool all day.
If you're into the outdoor lifestyle there's a lot to do around here... if you're looking for big-city nightclubs you're out of luck. There are a lot of rodeos and fairs, trade shows, gun shows, and multiple other events at the Camplex. Hunting and fishing activities are plentiful.... an hour either way and you're in the Black Hills or the Big Horns. There are a lot of sports events... high school sports are big here.
I hope this answers some of your questions... if you want to shoot me an email at
lance@laksupply.com I'll be happy to answer more of your questions. I'm in sales, so I've gotten to know a fair amount of the area, and my wife is in real estate so she's fairly knowledgeable about the housing market. I'm sure between the two of us we can set you up with some info about the Gillette area.....
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Help Im moving to Gillette in 17 days...
But unfortunately they have become WAYYY too populated for my taste anymore but still like to camp there. In the 1980's I would NEVER have considered Gillette but now I'd move there if I had to - does have good medical care & not really far from better - by fixed wing or heli (Billings, MT, Casper or Rapid City). There's a lot of land to explore in the area. I have family there & never moved away so that says something...
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