Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
440 CXUS55 KRIW 112140 CCA CLMRKS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 813 AM MST SAT MAR 02 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR ROCK SPRINGS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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 ...ROCK SPRINGS WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL IN FEBRUARY ... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR ROCK SPRINGS IN FEBRUARY WAS 27.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 47 DEGREES ON THE 29TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 1 DEGREE BELOW ZERO ON THE 17TH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.36 INCHES...WHICH WAS 97 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 7TH WITH 0.12 INCHES. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 60 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 26TH. ...THE ROCK SPRINGS WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 60 02/20/1977 LOW -29 02/07/1989 HIGHEST 47 02/29 LOWEST 02/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 35.2 32.9 2.3 AVG. MINIMUM 18.9 15.7 3.2 MEAN 27.1 24.3 2.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 10 DAYS MIN <= 32 28 DAYS MIN <= 0 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.45 1959 MINIMUM T 2013 TOTALS 0.36 0.37 -0.01 0.21 DAILY AVG. 0.01 NAN NAN DAYS >= .01 10 DAYS >= .10 2 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.12 02/07 TO 02/07 STORM TOTAL 0.12 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS MM 7.9 MM SINCE 7/1 MM 35.7 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM DAYS >= 1.0 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1095 1139 -44 SINCE 7/1 5308 5865 -557 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.5 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 10/240 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/260 DATE 02/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/250 DATE 02/26 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.47 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 76 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 1 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 13 SLEET 0 FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO MARCH 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 38 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 20 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 49 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 27. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.58 INCHES. $$