Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
410 CXUS55 KRIW 112132 CCA CLMCPR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 813 AM MST SAT MAR 02 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR CASPER FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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 ...FEBRUARY WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL FOR CASPER... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR CASPER IN FEBRUARY WAS 31.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 5.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 60 DEGREES ON THE 6TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 16 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 16TH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.67 INCHES...WHICH IS 120 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 15-16TH WHEN 0.20 INCHES FELL. NO PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 8.8 INCHES WHICH IS 81 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOURS WAS ON THE 15-16TH WITH 4 INCHES. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 62 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 26TH. ...THE CASPER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 68 02/21/1982 LOW -32 02/17/2006 HIGHEST 60 02/06 LOWEST -16 02/16 AVG. MAXIMUM 42.7 37.8 4.9 AVG. MINIMUM 20.6 15.4 5.2 MEAN 31.7 26.6 5.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 5 DAYS MIN <= 32 27 DAYS MIN <= 0 2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.42 1987 MINIMUM 0.13 2005 TOTALS 0.67 0.56 0.11 0.69 DAILY AVG. 0.02 NAN NAN DAYS >= .01 8 DAYS >= .10 3 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.20 02/03 TO 02/03 02/15 TO 02/16 STORM TOTAL 0.20 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 8.8 10.9 -2.1 SINCE 7/1 29.6 48.3 -18.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 DAYS >= 1.0 4 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 961 1075 -114 SINCE 7/1 4955 5433 -478 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.9 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 11/220 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 46/210 DATE 02/18 46/240 02/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 62/240 DATE 02/26 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.34 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 5 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 3 LIGHT SNOW 8 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO MARCH 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 43 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 18 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 53 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 26. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.84 INCHES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY SNOWFALL IS 10.3 INCHES. $$