Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
662 CXUS55 KRIW 011934 CLMLND CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 121 PM MDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LANDER 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 ...LANDER WAS WETTER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL IN AUGUST.... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LANDER IN AUGUST WAS 70.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 100 DEGREES ON THE 3RD WHICH BROKE THE 1955 RECORD OF 96. THE 2ND HIT 97 DEGREES AND BROKE 96 FROM 2001. THE 20TH HIGH OF 94 DEGREES TIED 1960, 2003 AND 2019. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 42 DEGREES ON THE 29TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.74 INCHES...WHICH IS 49 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 25TH-26TH WHEN 0.29 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 74 MPH AND OCCURRED ON THE 17TH FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ...THE LANDER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1891 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 101 08/05/1979 LOW 23 08/25/1910 HIGHEST 100 08/03 LOWEST 42 08/29 AVG. MAXIMUM 86.9 85.8 1.1 AVG. MINIMUM 54.5 53.8 0.7 MEAN 70.7 69.8 0.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 12 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.61 2014 MINIMUM 0.00 1970 TOTALS 0.74 0.52 0.22 1.58 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.02 0.00 DAYS >= .01 7 DAYS >= .10 3 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.29 08/26 TO 08/26 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 12 25 -13 SINCE 7/1 18 37 -19 COOLING TOTAL 196 174 22 SINCE 1/1 561 452 109 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/250 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 49/210 DATE 08/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 74/210 DATE 08/17 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.10 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 29 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 1 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 38 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 3 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 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 2024. 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 67 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 39. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.98 INCHES. THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL IS 1.5 INCHES. $$