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

...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MILEY MEMORIAL FIELD
IN BIG PINEY 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/...

...MAY WAS SLIGHTLY WARMER AND WETTER THAN AVERAGE IN BIG
PINEY...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BIG PINEY IN MAY WAS 48.4
DEGREES...WHICH WAS 2.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST DAILY HIGH
FOR THE MONTH WAS 80 DEGREES ON THE 13TH...WHICH BROKE THE OLD
RECORD OF 78 DEGREES...SET IN 1996. OTHER RECORD HIGHS OF 78
DEGREES...WERE SET ON THE 14TH AND 15TH...WHICH TIED THE PREVIOUS
RECORDS SET IN 2012. THE COOLEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 15
DEGREES ON THE 1ST.

TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.26 INCHES...WHICH WAS 150
PERCENT OF NORMAL. THIS MAKES THE 9TH WETTEST MAY FOR BIG PINEY..
THE WETTEST DAY OF THE MONTH WAS THE 1ST...WHEN 0.51 OF AN INCH OF
PRECIPITATION OCCURRED. 0.47 OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION ON THE
28TH...SET A NEW RECORD...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.24 OF
AN INCH BACK IN 2004. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 56 MPH...WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 22ND.

...THE BIG PINEY WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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              87   05/11/2007
 LOW                0   05/14/1984
HIGHEST            80   05/13
LOWEST             15   05/01
AVG. MAXIMUM     63.2              61.6     1.6
AVG. MINIMUM     33.5              30.0     3.5
MEAN             48.4              45.8     2.6
DAYS MAX >= 90      0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0
DAYS MIN <= 32     14
DAYS MIN <= 0       0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         3.67   1987
 MINIMUM         0.08   2001
TOTALS           1.26              0.84    0.42
DAILY AVG.       0.04
DAYS >= .01         8
DAYS >= .10         3
DAYS >= .50         1
DAYS >= 1.00        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.51   05/01 TO 05/01
                        04/30 TO 05/01
                        05/01 TO 05/01

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     508               595     -87
 SINCE 7/1       9415             10126    -711
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0
.................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    46/240    DATE  05/17
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    56/200    DATE  05/22

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          6

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     56

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       3
LIGHT RAIN               14     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                1     SLEET                      0
FOG                       5     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      1

-  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 34 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 80
DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 41. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION IS 0.73 INCHES.

$$