Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
755 CXUS55 KRIW 032050 AAA CLMRKS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 239 PM MST FRI DEC 01 2023 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR ROCK SPRINGS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN APPROXIMATELY 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 ...ROCK SPRINGS WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN NOVEMBER... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR ROCK SPRINGS IN NOVEMBER WAS 34.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 59 DEGREES ON THE 4TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 10 DEGREES ON THE 24TH, 26TH AND 29TH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.56 INCHES...WHICH WAS 140 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 16TH WITH 0.35 INCHES. THIS BROKE THE 1957 RECORD OF 0.23 INCHES. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 58 MPH FROM THE NORTHEAST ON THE 23RD. ...THE ROCK SPRINGS WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 66 11/05/2009 11/04/1977 LOW -13 11/30/1979 11/27/1976 HIGHEST 59 11/04 LOWEST 10 11/24 11/26 11/29 AVG. MAXIMUM 44.0 40.5 3.5 AVG. MINIMUM 24.7 21.8 2.9 MEAN 34.3 31.2 3.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 3 DAYS MIN <= 32 24 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.60 1983 MINIMUM 0.00 1974 TOTALS 0.56 0.40 0.16 0.11 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.01 0.01 DAYS >= .01 2 DAYS >= .10 2 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.35 11/16 TO 11/16 STORM TOTAL 0.35 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS MM 6.0 MM SINCE 7/1 MM 13.8 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM DAYS >= 1.0 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 914 1016 -102 SINCE 7/1 1689 1955 -266 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 323 320 3 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 6/240 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/060 DATE 11/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 58/050 DATE 11/23 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.29 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 19 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 59 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0 FOG 6 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 DECEMBER 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 33 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 16 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 29 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 13. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.31 INCHES. $$