Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
380 CXUS55 KRIW 082203 RRA CLAP60 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 208 PM MST WED JAN 08 2025 ...PRELIMINARY ANNUAL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE FOR 2024... ANNUAL: PERIOD OF RECORD IS 26 YEARS (1998-PRESENT) ...3RD WARMEST YEAR AT 34.2 DEGREES (TIED WITH 2016) ...8TH DRIEST YEAR WITH 19.71 INCHES ...MONTHLY TEMPERATURES: 4TH WARMEST FEBRUARY, 7TH WARMEST APRIL, 6TH COLDEST MAY, 4TH WARMEST JUNE, 10TH WARMEST AUGUST, 4TH WARMEST SEPTEMBER, 2ND WARMEST OCTOBER, 10TH COLDEST NOVEMBER AND 1ST WARMEST DECEMBER. ...MONTHLY PRECIPITATION: 5TH DRIEST JANUARY, 3RD WETTEST FEBRUARY, 2ND WETTEST MARCH, 6TH DRIEST APRIL, 9TH DRIEST JUNE, 7TH DRIEST JULY, 3RD DRIEST OCTOBER, 5TH DRIEST NOVEMBER AND 9TH DRIEST DECEMBER. ...THE LAKE YELLOWSTONE WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1998 TO 2025 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 86 07/14/2002 08/01/2000 07/31/2000 LOW -42 01/30/2023 HIGHEST 84 MM LOWEST -33 MM AVG. MAXIMUM 47.3 2.2 AVG. MINIMUM 21.1 2.2 MEAN 34.2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 33.75 2017 MINIMUM 4.26 1998 TOTALS 19.71 23.09 -3.38 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 10792 COOLING TOTAL 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/290 DATE 06/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/290 DATE 05/17 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 47 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 103 SLEET 0 FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$