Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS55 KRIW 011855 CLMLND CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1235 PM MDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LANDER FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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 ...LANDER WAS COLDER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN AUGUST.... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LANDER IN AUGUST WAS 69.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 95 DEGREES ON THE 16TH...WHICH TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN 2007 AND 2021. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 48 DEGREES ON THE 7TH AND 31ST. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.58 INCHES...WHICH IS 304 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 5TH-6TH WHEN 0.65 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST OCCURRED ON THE 6TH WITH 53 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST. ...THE LANDER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1891 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 101 08/05/1979 LOW 23 08/25/1910 HIGHEST 95 08/16 LOWEST 48 08/07 08/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 83.2 85.8 -2.6 AVG. MINIMUM 54.9 53.8 1.1 MEAN 69.1 69.8 -0.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 7 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.61 2014 MINIMUM 0.00 1970 TOTALS 1.58 0.52 1.06 0.53 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.02 0.03 DAYS >= .01 9 DAYS >= .10 6 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.65 08/05 TO 08/06 STORM TOTAL 0.60 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 17 25 -8 SINCE 7/1 46 37 9 COOLING TOTAL 149 174 -25 SINCE 1/1 332 452 -120 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/250 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/320 DATE 08/06 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/320 DATE 08/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.18 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 26 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 50 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 4 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO SEPTEMBER 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 81 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 50 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 67 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 39. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.98 INCHES. THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL IS 1.5 INCHES. $$