Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
159 CXUS55 KRIW 011939 CLMRKS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 121 PM MDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR ROCK SPRINGS 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 ...ROCK SPRINGS WAS WETTER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL IN AUGUST... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR ROCK SPRINGS IN AUGUST WAS 68.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 96 DEGREES ON THE 3RD WHICH BROKE THE 2020 RECORD OF 94. THIS ALSO TIED THE ALL-TIME MONTHLY RECORD HIGH FOR AUGUST. THE 2ND HIT 94 AND BROKE 93 FROM 1954 AND 2020. THE 6TH HIGH OF 93 TIED 2001. THE 7TH HIGH OF 92 TIED 1990 AND 2001. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 44 DEGREES ON THE 27TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.85 INCHES...WHICH WAS 152 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 12TH WITH 0.27 INCHES. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 60 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 17TH. ...THE ROCK SPRINGS WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 08/14/2003 LOW 33 08/31/1962 HIGHEST 96R 08/03 LOWEST 44 08/27 AVG. MAXIMUM 83.7 81.5 2.2 AVG. MINIMUM 53.0 53.1 -0.1 MEAN 68.4 67.3 1.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 5 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.12 1963 MINIMUM 0.01 2012 TOTALS 0.85 0.56 0.29 0.92 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.02 0.01 DAYS >= .01 9 DAYS >= .10 4 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.27 08/12 TO 08/12 STORM TOTAL 0.27 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS MM 0.0 MM SINCE 7/1 MM 0.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM DAYS >= 1.0 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 24 38 -14 SINCE 7/1 31 56 -25 COOLING TOTAL 135 109 26 SINCE 1/1 407 309 98 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 4/220 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 46/260 DATE 08/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/270 DATE 08/17 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.12 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 29 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 2 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 44 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 10 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 4 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 1 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 77 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 49 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 64 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 39. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.79 INCHES. $$