Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS55 KRIW 011849 CLMCPR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1235 PM MDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR CASPER 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 ...AUGUST WAS WETTER AND COLDER THAN NORMAL FOR CASPER... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR CASPER IN AUGUST WAS 68.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 95 DEGREES ON THE 16TH AND 17TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 36 DEGREES ON THE 31ST. THE 14TH HAD 39 DEGREES WHICH BROKE THE 1995 RECORD OF 41 DEGREES. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.01 INCHES...WHICH IS 128 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 8TH WHEN 0.29 INCHES FELL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 64 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 27TH. ...THE CASPER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 102 08/05/1979 LOW 29 08/23/2015 HIGHEST 95 08/16 08/17 LOWEST 36 08/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 84.5 86.7 -2.2 AVG. MINIMUM 51.8 51.4 0.4 MEAN 68.1 69.0 -0.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 9 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.79 1941 MINIMUM 0.02 1950 TOTALS 1.01 0.79 0.22 1.99 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.03 0.00 DAYS >= .01 11 DAYS >= .10 4 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.29 08/08 TO 08/08 STORM TOTAL 0.29 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 30 31 -1 SINCE 7/1 53 42 11 COOLING TOTAL 136 157 -21 SINCE 1/1 322 412 -90 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 4/250 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 46/290 DATE 08/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 64/280 DATE 08/27 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.19 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 56 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 11 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 1 - 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 82 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 47 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 68 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 37. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.95 INCHES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY SNOWFALL IS 1.5 INCHES. $$