Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
741 CXUS55 KRIW 011607 CLMCPR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1007 AM MDT WED NOV 01 2023 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR CASPER 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 ...OCTOBER WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL FOR CASPER... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR CASPER IN OCTOBER WAS 45 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 78 DEGREES ON THE 19TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 2 DEGREES ON THE 27TH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.88 INCHES...WHICH IS 158 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 11-12TH WHEN 1.62 INCHES FELL. THE 12TH HAD 1.34 INCHES AND BROKE THE 2021 RECORD OF 0.76. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 2.8 INCHES WHICH IS 40 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOURS WAS ON THE 26TH WITH 2.2 INCHES. NO SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 61 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 10TH. ...THE CASPER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 87 10/05/1993 10/01/1992 LOW -9 10/30/2019 10/29/2019 11/24/2010 HIGHEST 78 10/10 LOWEST 2 10/27 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.5 59.7 -0.2 AVG. MINIMUM 30.5 30.9 -0.4 MEAN 45.0 45.3 -0.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 3 DAYS MIN <= 32 13 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.62 1998 MINIMUM T 1956 TOTALS 1.88 1.19 0.69 0.27 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.04 0.02 DAYS >= .01 7 DAYS >= .10 3 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.62 10/11 TO 10/12 STORM TOTAL 1.34 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 2.8 7.0 -4.2 SINCE 7/1 2.8 8.5 -5.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. T DAYS >= 1.0 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 610 611 -1 SINCE 7/1 790 872 -82 COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1 SINCE 1/1 342 443 -101 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/270 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/270 DATE 10/10 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 61/260 DATE 10/10 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.31 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 4 - 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 53 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 26 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 39 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 18. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.64 INCHES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY SNOWFALL IS 8.9 INCHES. $$