Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
051 CXUS55 KRIW 011935 CLMRIW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 121 PM MDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR RIVERTON 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 ...RIVERTON WAS DRIER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL IN AUGUST.... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR RIVERTON IN AUGUST WAS 70.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 99 DEGREES ON THE 3RD. THIS BROKE THE 2001 RECORD OF 97 AND TIED FOR THE ALL-TIME MONTHLY RECORD HIGH. THE 2ND HIT 97 DEGREES AND BROKE THE 2008 RECORD OF 95. THE 21ST HIGH OF 94 TIED 2010 AND 2023. THE COLDEST READING WAS 44 DEGREES ON THE 27TH. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 46 DEGREES SET IN 2021 AND SEVERAL OTHER YEARS. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.32 INCHES...WHICH IS 76 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOURS WAS THE 13-14TH WHEN 0.17 INCHES FELL. THE 13TH HAD 0.14 INCHES AND BROKE 0.01 FROM 1997. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 60 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST AND OCCURRED ON THE 13TH. ...THE RIVERTON WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 99 08/14/2003 08/06/2001 LOW 36 08/31/2020 HIGHEST 99R 08/03 LOWEST 44 08/27 AVG. MAXIMUM 86.4 85.5 0.9 AVG. MINIMUM 54.5 53.7 0.8 MEAN 70.4 69.6 0.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 11 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.36 2023 MINIMUM 0.01 2020 TOTALS 0.32 0.42 -0.10 1.36 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.01 -0.00 DAYS >= .01 5 DAYS >= .10 2 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.17 08/13 TO 08/14 STORM TOTAL 0.14 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 MM MM SINCE 7/1 0.0 MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 11 26 -15 SINCE 7/1 18 34 -16 COOLING TOTAL 187 169 18 SINCE 1/1 542 468 74 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/320 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 47/310 DATE 08/13 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/310 DATE 08/13 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.10 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 29 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 40 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 2 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 81 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 50 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 66 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 39. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.77 INCHES. $$