National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

• Home
• Site Map
• News
• Organization
• Search for: NWS All NOAA 

000
CXUS55 KRIW 021948
CLMBYG

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1044 AM MDT WED AUG 02 2023

...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO FOR THE MONTH OF
JULY 2023...

...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 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

...BUFFALO WAS COLDER AND WETTER IN JULY...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN JULY WAS 69.4 DEGREES WHICH
WAS 1.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS
96 DEGREES ON THE 24TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 46 DEGREES ON
THE 4TH AND 7TH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 2.43 INCHES...WHICH IS 149 PERCENT
OF NORMAL MAKING IT THE 4TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD. THE WETTEST 24-
HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 3RD-4TH WITH 1.33 INCHES. THE 4TH HAD 1.23
INCHES WHICH BROKE THE 2019 RECORD OF 1.22. THE 6TH HAD 0.55 INCHES
AND BROKE 0.32 FROM 2017. THE 10TH HAD 0.24 AND BROKE THE 2001
RECORD OF 0.21.THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 51 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST
ON THE 17TH.

...THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1998 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            104   07/14/2002
 LOW              41   07/12/2008
HIGHEST           96   07/24
LOWEST            49   07/04
                       07/07
AVG. MAXIMUM    81.5               84.8    -3.3
AVG. MINIMUM    57.3               57.7    -0.4
MEAN            69.4               71.3    -1.9
DAYS MAX >= 90     6
DAYS MAX <= 32     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0
DAYS MIN <= 0      0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        3.24   2009
 MINIMUM        0.07   1999
TOTALS          2.43               1.63    0.80     0.50
DAILY AVG.      0.08               0.05    0.03
DAYS >= .01       14
DAYS >= .10        5
DAYS >= .50        2
DAYS >= 1.00       1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.33   07/03 TO 07/04
 STORM TOTAL    1.23

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     26                 20       6
 SINCE 7/1        26                 15      11
COOLING TOTAL    168                214     -46
 SINCE 1/1       179                278     -99
..............................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.7
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION   2/300
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    35/320    DATE  07/17
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    51/310    DATE  07/17

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.14
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           28
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              2
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          1

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     56

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             18     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       4
LIGHT RAIN               19     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       3     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 AUGUST 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 86 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IS 59 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 79
DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 53. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION IS 0.75 INCHES.

$$