Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
808 CXUS55 KRIW 011619 CLMRIW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1019 AM MDT WED NOV 01 2023 ..PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR RIVERTON FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023 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 WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN OCTOBER.... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR RIVERTON IN OCTOBER WAS 45.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 74 DEGREES ON THE 17TH...AND TIED THE 2003 RECORD. THE 19TH HIT 72 AND BROKE 71 DEGREES FROM 2003. THE COLDEST READING WAS 13 DEGREES ON THE 30TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 2.23 INCHES...WHICH IS 269 PERCENT OF NORMAL. IT WAS THE 2ND WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD. THE WETTEST 24- HOURS WAS THE 11-12TH WHEN 1.96 INCHES FELL. THE 11TH HAD 1.11 INCHES WHICH BROKE 0.42 FROM 2008. THE 12TH HAD 0.95 INCHES WHICH BROKE THE 2021 RECORD OF 0.21. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.3 INCHES. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 28TH WITH 0.8 INCHES OF SNOW. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 45 MPH AND OCCURRED ON THE 1ST FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND ON THE 17TH FROM THE WEST. ...THE RIVERTON WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 82 10/02/2012 10/03/2010 10/09/2003 LOW -9 10/30/2019 HIGHEST 74 10/17 LOWEST 13 10/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 57.7 58.0 -0.3 AVG. MINIMUM 34.1 31.5 2.6 MEAN 45.9 44.7 1.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 4 DAYS MIN <= 32 8 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.83 1998 MINIMUM 0.03 2001 TOTALS 2.23 0.83 1.40 0.42 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.03 0.05 DAYS >= .01 7 DAYS >= .10 2 DAYS >= .50 2 DAYS >= 1.00 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.96 10/11 TO 10/12 STORM TOTAL 1.11 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 1.3 MM MM SINCE 7/1 1.3 MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. T DAYS >= 1.0 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 586 628 -42 SINCE 7/1 722 871 -149 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 401 499 -98 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/340 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/210 DATE 10/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/200 DATE 10/01 45/290 10/17 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.28 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 22 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO NOVEMBER 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 50 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 25 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 35 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 13. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.34 INCHES. $$