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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
233 AM MDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE JOHNSON COUNTY
AIRPORT NEAR BUFFALO FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2013...

..OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2013 WILL BE
AVAILABLE APPROXIMATELY IN JULY 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/...

...BUFFALO WAS SLIGHTLY WARMER AND DRIER THAN AVERAGE IN MAY...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN FEBRUARY WAS 54.7
DEGREES...WHICH WAS 2.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST DAILY HIGH
WAS 88 DEGREES. THIS OCCURRED ON THE 13TH OF THE MONTH. THE COOLEST
READING WAS 27 DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 1ST AND 2ND. THERE WERE
NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET IN MAY.

TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.61 INCHES...WHICH WAS 64
PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST PERIOD OF THE MONTH WAS ON THE 19TH
THROUGH THE 20TH...WHEN 0.63 OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THERE
WERE NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS SET IN MAY. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS
61 MPH...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 31ST.

...THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1998 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              91   05/13/2001
 LOW               17   05/02/2005
HIGHEST            88   05/13
LOWEST             27   05/02
                        05/01
AVG. MAXIMUM     66.0              63.4     2.6
AVG. MINIMUM     43.4              40.6     2.8
MEAN             54.7              52.0     2.7
DAYS MAX >= 90      0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0
DAYS MIN <= 32      2
DAYS MIN <= 0       0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         6.74   2011
 MINIMUM         0.31   2009
TOTALS           1.61              2.53   -0.92
DAILY AVG.       0.05
DAYS >= .01        13
DAYS >= .10         7
DAYS >= .50         0
DAYS >= 1.00        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.63   05/19 TO 05/20

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     323               410     -87
 SINCE 7/1       7028              7254    -226
COOLING TOTAL      10                 7       3
 SINCE 1/1         10                 7       3
.................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    41/320    DATE  05/31
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    61/320    DATE  05/31

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           17
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              6
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          8

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     57

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                3     RAIN                       7
LIGHT RAIN               14     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       8     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      2

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

LOOKING AHEAD TO JUNE 2013...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 67 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IS 44 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 86
DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 57. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION IS 1.51 INCHES.

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