Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS55 KRIW 111858 CLMBPI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1252 PM MDT SUN JUN 11 2023 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BIG PINEY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 ...BIG PINEY WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN MAY... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BIG PINEY IN MAY WAS 49.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 2ND WARMEST MAY. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 74 DEGREES ON THE 20TH. THE HIGH ON THE 1ST OF 73 BROKE THE 2000 RECORD OF 72. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 24 DEGREES ON THE 8TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.42 INCHES...WHICH IS 116 PERCENT OF NORMAL THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 4TH WITH 0.30 INCHES. THIS BROKE THE 1993 RECORD OF 0.12 INCHES. THE 13TH HAD 0.10 INCHES AND BROKE THE 1998 RECORD OF 0.09. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 45 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 25TH. ...THE BIG PINEY WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1976 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 87 05/11/2007 LOW 0 05/14/1984 HIGHEST 74 05/20 LOWEST 24 05/08 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.2 61.8 2.4 AVG. MINIMUM 34.4 28.9 5.5 MEAN 49.3 45.3 4.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 12 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.99 2016 MINIMUM 0.08 2020 TOTALS 1.42 1.22 0.20 0.96 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.04 0.01 DAYS >= .01 12 DAYS >= .10 6 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.30 05/04 TO 05/04 STORM TOTAL 0.30 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 482 609 -127 SINCE 7/1 10984 10080 904 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/320 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/320 DATE 05/17 33/260 05/25 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/270 DATE 05/25 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.37 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 14 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO JUNE 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 67 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 34 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 78 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 39 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.01 INCHES. $$