Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
798 CXUS55 KRIW 011614 CLMLND CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1014 AM MDT WED NOV 01 2023 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LANDER FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 ...LANDER WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN OCTOBER.... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LANDER IN OCTOBER WAS 47.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 77 DEGREES ON THE 19TH AND 20TH. THE 17TH HIT 76 DEGREES AND TIED THE 1926 AND 1974 RECORD. THE 19TH HIGH OF 77 TIED THE 1947 RECORD. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 15 DEGREES ON THE 30TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.30 INCHES...WHICH IS 141 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 11-12TH WHEN 1.50 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.3 INCHES WHICH IS 12 PERCENT OF NORMAL THE SNOWIEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 26TH WHEN 1.3 INCHES FELL. NO SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST OCCURRED ON THE 1ST WITH 67 MPH FROM THE SOUTH. ...THE LANDER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1891 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 86 10/03/2010 LOW -14 10/29/1917 HIGHEST 77 10/19 10/20 LOWEST 14 10/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.8 58.9 0.9 AVG. MINIMUM 35.0 32.0 3.0 MEAN 47.4 45.4 2.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 3 DAYS MIN <= 32 8 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.90 1994 MINIMUM 0.00 1988 TOTALS 1.97 1.40 0.57 0.31 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.05 0.02 DAYS >= .01 5 DAYS >= .10 4 DAYS >= .50 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.50 10/11 TO 10/12 STORM TOTAL 0.87 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 1.3 10.5 -9.2 SINCE 7/1 1.3 12.0 -10.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= 1.0 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 541 607 -66 SINCE 7/1 683 842 -159 COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1 SINCE 1/1 361 485 -124 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/240 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/190 DATE 10/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 67/170 DATE 10/01 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.28 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 2 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 NOVEMBER 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 52 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 26 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 37 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 14. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.78 INCHES. THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL IS 10.6 INCHES. $$