Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
000 CXUS55 KBYZ 011146 CLMSHR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 545 AM MDT THU JUN 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SHERIDAN WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1907 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 83 05/22 LOWEST 33 05/01 05/08 AVG. MAXIMUM 71.8 66.1 5.7 AVG. MINIMUM 43.9 38.7 5.2 MEAN 57.8 52.4 5.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 2.07 2.68 -0.61 DAYS >= .01 13 DAYS >= .10 4 DAYS >= .50 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.81 05/26 TO 05/26 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 216 394 -178 SINCE 7/1 7780 7405 375 COOLING TOTAL 0 4 -4 SINCE 1/1 0 4 -4 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/310 DATE 05/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 40/140 DATE 05/04 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 60 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 10 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 17 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 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...MAY 2023 MONTH IN REVIEW FOR SHERIDAN... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR SHERIDAN FOR MAY 2023. ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND ALL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES. NORMALS ARE 30 YEAR AVERAGES CALCULATED FROM 1991 TO 2020. MONTHLY RANKINGS FOR PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES USE A PERIOD OF RECORD THAT STARTED IN MAY 1934 AT OR NEAR THE SHERIDAN AIRPORT. NUMBERS DENOTED WITH AN * IS MISSING DATA IN THE CALCULATION. ...SHERIDAN MONTHLY PRECIPITATION... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MAY 2.07 2.68 -0.61 51ST DRIEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.15 IN 1936) (DRIEST SINCE 1.11 IN 2021) ...SHERIDAN MAY 2023 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... 0.81 ON MAY 26 (OLD RECORD 0.61 IN 2013) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MAY 57.9 52.4 +5.5 7TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 61.4 IN 1934) (WARMEST SINCE 58.7 IN 1994) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MAY 71.8 66.1 +5.7 10TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 78.7 IN 1934) (WARMEST SINCE 74.0 IN 1994) ...SHERIDAN MAY 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...SHERIDAN MAY 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MAY 43.9 38.7 +5.2 6TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 45.5 IN 1958) (WARMEST SINCE 44.5 IN 2018) ...SHERIDAN MAY 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 50 ON MAY 12 (OLD RECORD 49 IN 1940) ...SHERIDAN MAY 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE $$