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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
328 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2012

...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE NATRONA COUNTY
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR CASPER FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2012...

..OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2012 WILL BE
AVAILABLE APPROXIMATELY IN SEPTEMBER 2012 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/...

...JULY IN CASPER WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN AVERAGE...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR CASPER IN JULY WAS 75.2 DEGREES...WHICH
WAS 4.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST DAILY HIGH FOR JULY 2012
WAS 100 DEGREES. THIS OCCURRED ON THE 1ST. THE COOLEST READING FOR
THE MONTH WAS 58 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON BOTH THE 25TH.

TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.01 INCHES...WHICH WAS 72
PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST DAY OF THE MONTH WAS ON THE
22ND...WHEN 0.62 OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE HIGHEST WIND
GUST WAS 68 MPH...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 11TH.


...THE CASPER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1939 TO 2012

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             104   07/29/2006
                        07/16/2005
                        07/12/1954
 LOW               30   07/04/1972
HIGHEST           100   07/01        MM      MM
LOWEST             48   07/08        MM      MM
                        07/07
AVG. MAXIMUM     92.9              88.1     4.8
AVG. MINIMUM     57.5              53.0     4.5
MEAN             75.2              70.5     4.7
DAYS MAX >= 90     25
DAYS MAX <= 32      0
DAYS MIN <= 32      0
DAYS MIN <= 0       0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         3.54   2007
 MINIMUM         0.09   1991
TOTALS           1.01              1.41   -0.40
DAILY AVG.       0.03              0.05   -0.02
DAYS >= .01         7
DAYS >= .10         3
DAYS >= .50         1
DAYS >= 1.00        0

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS            0.0               0.0     0.0
SINCE 7/1         0.0               0.0     0.0
DAYS >= 1.0         0

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL       0                16     -16
 SINCE 7/1          0                16     -16
COOLING TOTAL     324               188     136
 SINCE 1/1        471               245     226
.................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.9
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION   3/212
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    40/320    DATE  07/25
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    58/300    DATE  07/25

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.10
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           29
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              2
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          0

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     42

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                3     RAIN                       3
LIGHT RAIN               13     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       2     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 AUGUST 2012...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 88 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IS 54 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 80
DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW IS 48 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION IS 0.73 INCHES.

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