Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
379 CXUS55 KRIW 031803 CLMGEY CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1053 AM MST WED JAN 03 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR GREYBULL FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 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 ...GREYBULL HAD RECORD WARM AND DRY IN DECEMBER... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR GREYBULL IN DECEMBER WAS 25.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 6.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD...BREAKING THE 2004 MONTHLY RECORD OF 25.7 DEGREES. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 49 DEGREES ON THE 21ST. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 0 DEGREES ON THE 25TH. NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS JUST A TRACE...WHICH IS ONLY 1 PERCENT OF NORMAL...AND THE DRIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. THE PREVIOUS MONTHLY RECORD WAS A TRACE FROM 2021, 2019 AND 2015. THE WETTEST 24- HOUR PERIOD OCCURRED ON THE 3RD, 7TH AND 9TH WITH A TRACE. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 60 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THE 23RD. ...THE GREYBULL WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 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 63 12/11/2004 LOW -36 12/22/2022 HIGHEST 49 12/21 LOWEST 0 12/25 AVG. MAXIMUM 39.0 30.8 8.2 AVG. MINIMUM 12.6 7.9 4.7 MEAN 25.8 19.3 6.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 5 DAYS MIN <= 32 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 0.49 1999 MINIMUM 0.01 2021 TOTALS TR 0.11 -0.11 0.03 DAILY AVG. T 0.00 -0.00 DAYS >= .01 0 DAYS >= .10 0 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL T 12/03 TO 12/03 12/07 TO 12/07 12/09 TO 12/09 STORM TOTAL 0.00 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1205 1415 -210 SINCE 7/1 2810 3194 -384 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 702 744 -42 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 0/290 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/340 DATE 12/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/340 DATE 12/23 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.18 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 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 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 3 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO JANUARY 2023. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 29 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 6 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 30 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 7 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.15 INCHES. $$