Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS55 KRIW 111907 CLMRKS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1252 PM MDT SUN JUN 11 2023 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR ROCK SPRINGS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 ...ROCK SPRINGS WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN MAY... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR ROCK SPRINGS IN MAY WAS 54.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 77 DEGREES ON THE 21ST. THE 1ST HAD A HIGH OF 76 DEGREES WHICH BROKE THE 1985 RECORD OF 75. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 31 DEGREES ON THE 7TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.58 INCHES...WHICH WAS JUST 46 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 22ND WITH 0.14 INCHES. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 52 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THE 26TH. ...THE ROCK SPRINGS WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 90 05/31/2002 LOW 18 05/07/2010 05/05/2010 05/02/1954 HIGHEST 77 05/21 LOWEST 31 05/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 67.4 63.2 4.2 AVG. MINIMUM 41.2 38.4 2.8 MEAN 54.3 50.8 3.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 2 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.67 1995 MINIMUM 0.00 1974 TOTALS 0.58 1.27 -0.69 0.73 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.04 -0.02 DAYS >= .01 12 DAYS >= .10 2 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.14 05/22 TO 05/22 STORM TOTAL 0.14 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS MM 2.7 MM SINCE 7/1 MM 53.6 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM DAYS >= 1.0 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 322 442 -120 SINCE 7/1 8309 7905 404 COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 SINCE 1/1 0 2 -2 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/090 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/290 DATE 05/26 39/190 05/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 52/300 DATE 05/26 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.35 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 19 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 54 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 10 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 17 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO JUNE 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 70 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 43 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 81 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 51. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.70 INCHES $$