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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
331 PM MDT WED MAY 1 2013

...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR WORLAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013...

...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013 WILL BE
AVAILABLE APPROXIMATELY IN JUNE 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/...

...WORLAND WAS COLDER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN APRIL...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR WORLAND IN APRIL WAS 40.7 DEGREES...
WHICH WAS 5.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST DAILY HIGH WAS 77
DEGREES...OCCURRING ON THE 27TH...AND THE COLDEST READING WAS 4
ABOVE...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 23RD. THERE WERE FIVE DAILY RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURES SET IN APRIL...11 DEGREES ON THE 9TH...6 ABOVE ON THE
10TH...17 DEGREES ON THE 18TH...14 DEGREES ON THE 22ND...AND 4 ABOVE
ON THE 23RD.

TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.98 INCHES...WHICH WAS 114
PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST PERIOD OF THE MONTH WAS ON THE 21ST
AND 22ND WHEN 0.56 OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION FELL. A NEW DAILY
PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS ALSO SET ON THE 22ND WITH 0.42 OF AN INCH.
THE HIGHEST WIND GUST FOR THE MONTH WAS 55 MPH...WHICH OCCURRED ON
THE 5TH.

...THE WORLAND WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1947 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              88   04/23/2012
                        04/28/2000
                        04/21/1994
 LOW                4   04/23/2013
HIGHEST            77   04/27
LOWEST              4R  04/23
AVG. MAXIMUM     53.9              60.1    -6.2
AVG. MINIMUM     27.5              31.2    -3.7
MEAN             40.7              45.7    -5.0
DAYS MAX >= 90      0
DAYS MAX <= 32      2
DAYS MIN <= 32     19
DAYS MIN <= 0       0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         2.06   MM
 MINIMUM         0.00   1987
TOTALS           0.98              0.86    0.12
DAILY AVG.       0.03
DAYS >= .01        12
DAYS >= .10         3
DAYS >= .50         0
DAYS >= 1.00        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.56   04/21 TO 04/22

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     724               581     143
 SINCE 7/1       7179              7467    -288
COOLING TOTAL       0                 1      -1
 SINCE 1/1          0                 1      -1
.................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.0
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION   2/328
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    41/330    DATE  04/13
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    55/310    DATE  04/05

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           13
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          7

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     57

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0
LIGHT RAIN                5     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                3     SNOW                       5
LIGHT SNOW                9     SLEET                      0
FOG                      10     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      5
HAZE                      9

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

LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY 2013...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 65 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IS 36 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 75
DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW IS 45. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION IS 1.42 INCHES.

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