Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
599 CXUS55 KRIW 032049 AAA CLMRIW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 239 PM MST FRI DEC 01 2023 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR RIVERTON FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 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 ...RIVERTON WAS SNOWIER IN NOVEMBER WITH RECORD PRECIPITATION.... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR RIVERTON IN NOVEMBER WAS 32.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 60 DEGREES ON THE 2ND, 3RD, 5TH, AND 6TH. THE COLDEST READING WAS 9 BELOW ZERO ON THE 28THWHICH BROKE THE 2015 RECORD OF 3 BELOW. THE 26TH HAD 6 BELOW AND BROKE THE 2019 RECORD OF 2 BELOW AND THE 27TH HAD 8 BELOW WHICH BROKE THE 2015 RECORD OF 5 BELOW. THE LOW OF 7 BELOW ON THE 29TH BROKE THE 2022 RECORD OF 3 BELOW ZERO. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.06 INCHES...WHICH IS 312 PERCENT OF NORMAL. IT WAS THE WETTEST NOVEMBER SINCE RECORDS STARTED IN 1998. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.03 INCHES SET IN 2019. THE WETTEST 24-HOURS WAS THE 23RD-24TH WHEN 1.01 INCHES FELL. THE 23RD HAD 0.71 INCHES WHICH BROKE 0.11 FROM 2002. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 17.7 INCHES. IT WAS THE SECOND SNOWIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 23RD WITH 11 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS BROKE THE 2002 RECORD OF 4.1 INCHES. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 55 MPH AND OCCURRED ON THE 5TH FROM THE WEST. ...THE RIVERTON WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 71 11/01/2014 LOW -21 11/13/2014 HIGHEST 60 11/03 11/05 11/06 LOWEST -9 11/28 AVG. MAXIMUM 43.6 42.6 1.0 AVG. MINIMUM 20.7 18.9 1.8 MEAN 32.2 30.8 1.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 7 DAYS MIN <= 32 24 DAYS MIN <= 0 6 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.03 2019 MINIMUM 0.03 2013 TOTALS 1.06 0.34 0.72 0.81 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.01 0.03 DAYS >= .01 3 DAYS >= .10 2 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.01 11/23 TO 11/24 STORM TOTAL 1.01 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 17.7 MM MM SINCE 7/1 19.0 MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 DAYS >= 1.0 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 977 1028 -51 SINCE 7/1 1699 1896 -197 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 401 499 -98 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 4/290 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/240 DATE 11/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/260 DATE 11/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.21 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 23 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO DECEMBER 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 35 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 12 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 30 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 7. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.26 INCHES. $$