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CXUS55 KRIW 011901
CLMBPI

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
100 PM MDT WED MAY 1 2013

...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MILEY MEMORIAL FIELD
IN BIG PINEY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013...

...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013 WILL BE
AVAILABLE APPROXIMATELY IN JUNE 2013 FROM THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC
DATA CENTER (HTTP://WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/OL/CLIMATEDATA.HTML).
UNOFFICIAL ASOS DAILY SUMMARIES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/RIW/CLIMATE/...

...APRIL WAS COLDER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR BIG PINEY...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BIG PINEY IN MARCH WAS 33.8 DEGREES...
WHICH WAS 3.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST DAILY HIGH FOR THE
MONTH WAS 67 DEGREES ON THE 27TH. THE COOLEST READING FOR THE MONTH
WAS 5 BELOW ZERO ON THE 23RD. TWO RECORD DAILY LOWS WERE SET IN
APRIL...2 ABOVE ON THE 18TH...AND 5 BELOW ON THE 23RD. ONE RECORD
DAILY HIGH WAS SET WITH A READING OF 60 DEGREES ON THE 2ND.

TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.25 INCHES...WHICH WAS ONLY 47
PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST DAY OF THE MONTH WAS THE 8TH...WHEN
0.11 OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION OCCURRED. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS
47 MPH...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 13TH.
...................................

...THE BIG PINEY WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1976 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              77   04/23/2012
                        04/29/2007
 LOW               -5   04/23/2013
                        04/30/1984
                        04/11/1997
HIGHEST            67   04/27
LOWEST             -5R  04/23
AVG. MAXIMUM     48.9              52.4    -3.5
AVG. MINIMUM     18.8              21.9    -3.1
MEAN             33.8              37.1    -3.3
DAYS MAX >= 90      0
DAYS MAX <= 32      2
DAYS MIN <= 32     30
DAYS MIN <= 0       1

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         2.51   1999
 MINIMUM            T   1979
TOTALS           0.25              0.53   -0.28
DAILY AVG.       0.01
DAYS >= .01         6
DAYS >= .10         1
DAYS >= .50         0
DAYS >= 1.00        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.11   04/08 TO 04/08
                        04/07 TO 04/08
                        04/08 TO 04/08

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     925               836      89
 SINCE 7/1       8907              9531    -624
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0

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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    39/260    DATE  04/13
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    47/260    DATE  04/13

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           16
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          5

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     59

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                2     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                2     SNOW                       5
LIGHT SNOW               11     SLEET                      0
FOG                      12     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      5
HAZE                      5

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY 2013...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 57 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IS 26 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 67
DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 34 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.84INCHES.

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