Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
189 CXUS55 KRIW 041915 CLMLND CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 103 PM MDT TUE JUN 04 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LANDER FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 ...LANDER WAS COLDER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN MAY.... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LANDER IN MAY WAS 51.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 81 DEGREES ON THE 28TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 23 DEGREES ON THE 2ND. THE 24TH LOW OF 28 DEGREES BROKE THE 2007 RECORD OF 29. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.38 INCHES...WHICH IS 51 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 8TH-9TH WHEN 0.55 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. NO PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.6 INCHES WHICH IS 36 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 3RD WHEN 1.3 INCH FELL. SNOWFALL FOR MAY IS ESTIMATED BASED ON SURROUNDING OBSERVATIONS. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 56 MPH AND OCCURRED ON THE 5TH FROM THE SOUTH. ...THE LANDER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1891 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 93 05/29/2003 LOW 13 05/02/1903 HIGHEST 81 05/28 LOWEST 23 05/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.0 66.1 -2.1 AVG. MINIMUM 38.5 39.4 -0.9 MEAN 51.2 52.8 -1.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 5 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.77 2011 MINIMUM 0.06 2020 TOTALS 1.38 2.68 -1.30 0.86 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.09 -0.05 DAYS >= .01 9 DAYS >= .10 5 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.55 05/08 TO 05/09 STORM TOTAL 0.36 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 1.6 4.5 -2.9 SINCE 7/1 69.3 87.5 -18.2 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= 1.0 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 419 385 34 SINCE 7/1 7149 7588 -439 COOLING TOTAL 0 5 -5 SINCE 1/1 0 5 -5 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/270 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/170 DATE 05/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/170 DATE 05/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.27 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 50 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 7 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 JUNE 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 72 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 44 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 84 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 52. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.08 INCHES. THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL IS 0.1 INCHES. $$