Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
746 CXUS55 KRIW 031625 CLMBPI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1012 AM MDT FRI MAY 03 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BIG PINEY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024 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 ...BIG PINEY WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN APRIL... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BIG PINEY IN APRIL WAS 38.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 69 DEGREES ON THE 12TH. THIS BROKE THE 1998 RECORD OF 67. THE 14TH HIT 68 AND TIED 2002. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 14 DEGREES ON THE 8TH..THE 11TH AND 21ST. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.41 INCHES...WHICH IS 59 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 26TH-27TH WITH 0.40 INCHES. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 58 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 5TH. ...THE BIG PINEY WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1976 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 77 04/23/2012 04/29/2007 LOW -7 04/06/2023 HIGHEST 69 04/12 LOWEST 14 04/08 04/11 04/21 AVG. MAXIMUM 54.9 51.9 3.0 AVG. MINIMUM 22.4 20.8 1.6 MEAN 38.7 36.4 2.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 27 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.51 1999 MINIMUM T 1979 TOTALS 0.41 0.69 -0.28 0.20 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.02 -0.01 DAYS >= .01 2 DAYS >= .10 1 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.40 04/26 TO 04/27 STORM TOTAL 0.39 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 782 860 -78 SINCE 7/1 8418 9471 -1053 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 5/320 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/200 DATE 04/05 39/290 04/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 58/190 DATE 04/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.32 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 54 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 3 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 57 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 24 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 67 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 33 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.22 INCHES. $$