Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS55 KRIW 021632 CLMBYG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1021 AM MDT MON OCT 02 2023 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 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 ...BUFFALO WAS MUCH WARMER AND WETTER IN SEPTEMBER... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN SEPTEMBER WAS 64.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE 4TH WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 93 DEGREES ON THE 3RD. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 43 DEGREES ON THE 29TH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 3.80 INCHES...WHICH IS 245 PERCENT OF NORMAL MAKING IT THE WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD. IT BROKE THE 2013 MONTHLY RECORD OF 3.34 INCHES. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 21ST-22ND WITH 2.37 INCHES. THE 22ND HAD 2.05 INCHES WHICH BROKE THE 2006 RECORD OF 0.28. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 56 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THE 28TH. ...THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1998 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 09/04/2022 LOW 19 09/12/2014 HIGHEST 93 09/03 LOWEST 43 09/29 AVG. MAXIMUM 76.8 72.3 4.5 AVG. MINIMUM 52.7 47.3 5.4 MEAN 64.8 59.8 5.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 3 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.34 2013 MINIMUM 0.09 2021 TOTALS 3.80R 1.17 2.63 1.64 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.04 0.09 DAYS >= .01 8 DAYS >= .10 6 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.37 09/21 TO 09/22 STORM TOTAL 2.05 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 49 213 -164 SINCE 7/1 98 271 -173 COOLING TOTAL 45 57 -12 SINCE 1/1 403 525 -122 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/300 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/320 DATE 09/28 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/330 DATE 09/28 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.21 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 22 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 54 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO OCTOBER 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 64 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 41 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 52 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 30. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.01 INCHES. $$