Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS55 KRIW 021955 CLMRKS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1044 AM MDT WED AUG 02 2023 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR ROCK SPRINGS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS FROM THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (HTTP://WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/CDO- WEB/DATASETS). UNOFFICIAL ASOS DAILY SUMMARIES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CLIMATE/INDEX.PHP?WFO=RIW ...ROCK SPRINGS WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL IN JULY... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR ROCK SPRINGS IN JULY WAS 70.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 97 DEGREES ON THE 17TH. THIS BROKE THE 2006 RECORD OF 95 DEGREES. THE 24TH HAD A HIGH OF 94 WHICH TIED THE 2003 RECORD. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 44 DEGREES ON THE 5TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.45 INCHES...WHICH WAS 96 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 18TH WITH 0.15 INCHES. THIS TIED THE 1971 RECORD. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 71 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 6TH. ...THE ROCK SPRINGS WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 07/13/2002 LOW 35 07/04/1972 HIGHEST 97 07/17 LOWEST 44 07/05 AVG. MAXIMUM 86.5 84.1 2.4 AVG. MINIMUM 54.7 54.8 -0.1 MEAN 70.6 69.4 1.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 8 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.67 1973 MINIMUM T 2008 TOTALS 0.45 0.47 -0.02 0.29 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.02 -0.01 DAYS >= .01 9 DAYS >= .10 1 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.15 07/18 TO 07/18 STORM TOTAL 0.15 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 9 21 -12 SINCE 7/1 9 16 -7 COOLING TOTAL 192 159 33 SINCE 1/1 195 200 -5 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 4/260 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 47/240 DATE 07/24 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 71/260 DATE 07/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.15 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 28 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 41 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 13 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 18 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 4 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO AUGUST 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 85 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 55 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 77 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 49. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.56 INCHES. $$