Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
429 CXUS55 KRIW 051658 CLMP60 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1029 AM MDT FRI JUL 05 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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 DRIER THAN NORMAL IN JUNE... AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE IN JUNE WAS 50.6 DEGREES WHICH IS 3.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE 4TH WARMEST JUNE SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998. THE WARMEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS 79 DEGREES ON THE 23RD. THE COLDEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS 23 DEGREES ON THE 19TH. THIS BROKE THE 2001 RECORD OF 28. THE LOW ON THE 20TH WAS 27 DEGREES...AND TIED THE 2002 RECORD. THE 29TH LOW OF 30 DEGREES TIED 2014. TOTAL PRECIPITATION AT LAKE YELLOWSTONE WAS 1.24 INCHES...WHICH WAS 52 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD DURING THE MONTH WAS THE 9TH-10TH WHEN 0.52 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE 26TH HAD 0.51 INCHES AND BROKE THE 2014 RECORD OF 0.35. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 42 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THE 14TH. ...THE LAKE YELLOWSTONE WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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 83 06/29/2015 LOW 21 06/04/2011 HIGHEST 79 06/23 LOWEST 23 06/19 AVG. MAXIMUM 66.3 61.1 5.2 AVG. MINIMUM 34.8 33.0 1.8 MEAN 50.6 47.0 3.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 8 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.34 2010 MINIMUM 0.18 2021 TOTALS 1.24 2.38 -1.14 2.90 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.08 -0.04 DAYS >= .01 8 DAYS >= .10 4 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.52 06/09 TO 06/10 STORM TOTAL 0.51 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 429 538 -109 SINCE 7/1 10831 12011 -1180 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.4 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 0/240 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/290 DATE 06/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 42/310 DATE 06/14 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.00 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 30 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 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 JULY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 68 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 36 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 74 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 40 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.51 INCHES. $$