Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
922 CXUS55 KRIW 011929 CLMCPR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 121 PM MDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR CASPER FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024 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 DRIER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL FOR CASPER... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR CASPER IN AUGUST WAS 70 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 99 DEGREES ON THE 6TH AND ALSO ON THE 3RD WHICH BROKE THE 2001 RECORD OF 97. THE 21ST HIGH OF 96 BROKE THE RECORD OF 95 DEGREES FROM 1949 AND 1960. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 42 DEGREES ON THE 29TH AND BROKE THE 2018 RECORD OF 43. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.39 INCHES...WHICH IS 49 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 25TH-26TH WHEN 0.20 INCHES FELL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 58 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 25TH. ...THE CASPER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2024 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 99 08/03 08/06 LOWEST 34 08/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 88.4 86.7 1.7 AVG. MINIMUM 51.5 51.4 0.1 MEAN 70.0 69.0 1.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 14 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.79 1941 MINIMUM 0.02 1950 TOTALS 0.39 0.79 -0.40 1.01 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.03 -0.02 DAYS >= .01 4 DAYS >= .10 2 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.20 08/25 TO 08/26 STORM TOTAL 0.15 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 22 31 -9 SINCE 7/1 38 42 -4 COOLING TOTAL 184 157 27 SINCE 1/1 475 412 63 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/230 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/230 DATE 08/25 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 58/240 DATE 08/25 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.14 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 29 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 1 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 47 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 14 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 0 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO SEPTEMBER 2024. 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 SNOWFALL IS 1.5 INCHES. $$