Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
000 CXUS55 KRIW 011857 CLMRIW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1235 PM MDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR RIVERTON FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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 ...RIVERTON WAS COLDER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN JULY... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR RIVERTON IN AUGUST WAS 69.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 94 DEGREES ON THE 16TH AND 21ST. THE 21ST TIED THE RECORD FROM 2010. THE COLDEST READING WAS 46 DEGREES ON THE 14TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.36 INCHES...WHICH IS 324 PERCENT OF NORMAL. IT WAS THE WETTEST AUGUST SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS MONTHLY RECORD OF 1.15 INCHES SET IN 2014. THE WETTEST 24-HOURS WAS THE 3RD-4TH WHEN 0.5 INCHES FELL. THE 3RD HAD 0.55 INCHES WHICH BROKE 0.18 FROM 2000. THE 6TH HAD 0.28 INCHES WHICH BROKE THE 2017 RECORD OF 0.18. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST OCCURRED ON THE 6TH WITH 63 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST. ...THE RIVERTON WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 99 08/14/2003 08/06/2001 LOW 36 08/31/2020 HIGHEST 94 08/16 08/21 LOWEST 46 08/14 AVG. MAXIMUM 83.0 85.5 -2.5 AVG. MINIMUM 55.6 53.7 1.9 MEAN 69.3 69.6 -0.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 7 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.15 2014 MINIMUM 0.01 2020 TOTALS 1.36R 0.42 0.94 0.42 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.01 0.03 DAYS >= .01 10 DAYS >= .10 4 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.75 08/03 TO 08/04 STORM TOTAL 0.55 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 MM MM SINCE 7/1 0.0 MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 12 26 -14 SINCE 7/1 33 34 -1 COOLING TOTAL 154 169 -15 SINCE 1/1 371 468 -97 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/310 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 47/310 DATE 08/06 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 63/310 DATE 08/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.19 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 26 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 4 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 51 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO SEPTEMBER 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 81 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 50 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 66 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 39. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.77 INCHES. $$