Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
401 CXUS55 KRIW 020103 CLMBYG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 527 PM MST THU FEB 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 ...BUFFALO WAS COLDER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN JANUARY... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN JANUARY WAS 23.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.6 DEGREES BELOW THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 64 DEGREES ON THE 31ST...WHICH BROKE THE 2009 RECORD OF 59. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 15TH. IT SET A NEW MONTHLY ALL-TIME LOW FOR JANUARY. THERE WERE SEVERAL RECORDS BROKEN THIS MONTH. RECORD LOWS RECORD HIGHS DATE NEW OLD YEAR DATE NEW OLD YEAR 12TH -23 -16 2007 9TH 55 54 2018 13TH -24 -13 2005 30TH 61 58 2018 14TH -22 -10 2005 18TH -7 -1 2012 19TH -7 -3 2012 PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.01 INCHES...WHICH IS 4 PERCENT OF NORMAL IT WAS THE SECOND DRIEST JANUARY. THE DRIEST WAS 2004 WITH A TRACE. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 18TH WITH 0.01 INCHES. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 65 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THE 18TH. ...THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 67 01/27/2015 01/26/2015 01/16/2206854 LOW -25 01/15/2024 HIGHEST 64 01/31 LOWEST -25R 01/15 AVG. MAXIMUM 34.0 37.5 -3.5 AVG. MINIMUM 13.7 17.4 -3.7 MEAN 23.9 27.5 -3.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 11 DAYS MIN <= 32 26 DAYS MIN <= 0 7 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 0.55 2009 MINIMUM 0.00 2004 TOTALS 0.01 0.23 -0.22 0.39 DAILY AVG. 0.00 0.01 -0.01 DAYS >= .01 1 DAYS >= .10 0 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.01 01/18 TO 01/18 STORM TOTAL 0.01 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1205 1164 41 SINCE 7/1 3627 4097 -470 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/300 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 48/350 DATE 01/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 65/350 DATE 01/18 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.31 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61 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 1 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 10 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO FEBRUARY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 36 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 17 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 40 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 20. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.24 INCHES. $$