Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
896 CXUS55 KRIW 112136 CCA CLMP60 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 813 AM MST SAT MAR 02 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024 WILL BE AVAILABLE APPROXIMATELY IN 60 DAYS FROM THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (HTTP://WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/CDO- WEB/DATASETS). UNOFFICIAL ASOS DAILY SUMMARIES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CLIMATE/INDEX.PHP?WFO=RIW ...LAKE YELLOWSTONE WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN FEBRUARY... AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE IN FEBRUARY WAS 17.8 DEGREES WHICH IS 4.3 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS 41 DEGREES ON THE 2ND. THE 1ST HAD 40 DEGREES AND BROKE THE 2003 RECORD OF 37. THE 20TH HIT 36 DEGREES AND BROKE 35 FROM 2012. THE COLDEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS ON THE 17TH WITH 26 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THIS BROKE THE 2006 RECORD OF 25 BELOW. TOTAL PRECIPITATION AT LAKE YELLOWSTONE WAS 3.29 INCHES...WHICH WAS 194 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD DURING THE MONTH WAS THE 26-27TH WHEN 0.88 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE 26TH HAD 0.68 INCHES AND BROKE THE 2009 RECORD OF 0.33. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 38 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 26TH. ...THE LAKE YELLOWSTONE WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1998 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 49 02/05/2000 LOW -38 02/24/2003 HIGHEST 41 02/02 LOWEST -26 02/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 28.1 26.1 2.0 AVG. MINIMUM 7.4 0.9 6.5 MEAN 17.8 13.5 4.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 23 DAYS MIN <= 32 29 DAYS MIN <= 0 8 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.56 2017 MINIMUM 0.00 2022 TOTALS 3.29 1.70 1.59 1.68 DAILY AVG. 0.11 NAN NAN DAYS >= .01 23 DAYS >= .10 12 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.88 02/26 TO 02/27 STORM TOTAL 0.68 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1361 1442 -81 SINCE 7/1 7474 8298 -824 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.7 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 0/110 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 16/280 DATE 02/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/230 DATE 02/26 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.00 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 29 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 78 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 0 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 3 LIGHT SNOW 7 SLEET 0 FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO MARCH 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 31 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 3 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 38 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 12 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.90 INCHES. $$