Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS
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CXUS55 KRIW 011821
CLMCPR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1221 PM MDT SAT APR 01 2023
...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR CASPER FOR THE MONTH OF
MARCH 2023..
...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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
...MARCH WAS COLDER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR CASPER...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR CASPER IN MARCH WAS 26.7 DEGREES WHICH
WAS 9.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS
53 DEGREES ON THE 30TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 6 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO ON THE 8TH...WHICH TIED THE 1969 RECORD. NO OTHER TEMPERATURE
RECORDS WERE BROKEN.
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.65 INCHES...WHICH IS 77 PERCENT OF
NORMAL THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 22ND WHEN 0.39 INCHES
FELL. NO PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN.
SNOWFALL FOR MARCH WAS 9.4 INCHES WHICH IS JUST 0.9 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THE SNOWIEST DAY WAS ON THE 22ND WITH 4.8 INCHES. THE
HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 64 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 10TH
...THE CASPER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2023
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 464 03/11/2020
LOW -25 03/10/2022
03/10/2022
HIGHEST 53 03/30
LOWEST -6 03/08
AVG. MAXIMUM 37.5 48.8 -11.3
AVG. MINIMUM 15.9 22.7 -6.8
MEAN 26.7 35.8 -9.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 9
DAYS MIN <= 32 30
DAYS MIN <= 0 1
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 2.83 2021
MINIMUM 0.12 2004
TOTALS 0.65 0.84 -0.19 1.54
DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.03 -0.01
DAYS >= .01 9
DAYS >= .10 1
DAYS >= .50 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.39 03/22 TO 03/22
STORM TOTAL 0.39
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS 9.3 10.3 -1.0
SINCE 7/1 95.3 58.6 36.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0
DAYS >= 1.0 3
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1180 907 273
SINCE 7/1 6881 6269 612
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.2
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 9/230
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 48/210 DATE 03/10
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 64/210 DATE 03/10
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.36
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 2
LIGHT SNOW 14 SLEET 0
FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3
HAZE 2
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
LOOKING AHEAD TO APRIL 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 54 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IS 26 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 60
DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 31. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION IS 1.41 INCHES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY SNOWFALL IS 10.5
INCHES.
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