Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
597 CXUS55 KBYZ 011028 CLMSHR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 420 AM MDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SHERIDAN WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 82 10/19 LOWEST -2 10/26 AVG. MAXIMUM 58.7 59.9 -1.2 AVG. MINIMUM 31.6 31.0 0.6 MEAN 45.2 45.4 -0.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 4 DAYS MIN <= 32 10 DAYS MIN <= 0 2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 3.06 1.57 1.49 DAYS >= .01 12 DAYS >= .10 8 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.55 10/11 TO 10/12 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 604 608 -4 SINCE 7/1 743 881 -138 COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 SINCE 1/1 385 442 -57 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/310 DATE 10/03 31/320 10/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 42/330 DATE 10/17 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 10 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0 FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...OCTOBER 2023 MONTH IN REVIEW FOR SHERIDAN... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR SHERIDAN FOR OCTOBER 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 OCTOBER 3.06 1.57 +1.49 6TH WETTEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.72 IN 2011) (WETTEST SINCE 3.72 IN 2011) ...SHERIDAN OCTOBER 2023 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... 1.48 ON OCTOBER 12 (OLD RECORD 0.69 IN 2021) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING OCTOBER 45.2 45.4 -0.2 TIED FOR THE 39TH COLDEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 34.1 IN 1925) (COLDEST SINCE 41.4 IN 2020) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING OCTOBER 58.7 59.9 -1.2 TIED FOR THE 38TH COLDEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 44.9 IN 1925) (COLDEST SINCE 56.6 IN 2020) ...SHERIDAN OCTOBER 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...SHERIDAN OCTOBER 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 19 ON OCTOBER 26 (OLD RECORD 24 IN 2020) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING OCTOBER 31.6 31.0 +0.6 TIED FOR THE 54TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 38.9 IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 33.5 IN 2022) ...SHERIDAN OCTOBER 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...SHERIDAN OCTOBER 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE $$