Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
613 CXUS55 KRIW 041918 CLMRKS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 103 PM MDT TUE JUN 04 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR ROCK SPRINGS 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 ...ROCK SPRINGS WAS COLDER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN MAY... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR ROCK SPRINGS IN MAY WAS 48.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 79 DEGREES ON THE 29TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 22 DEGREES ON THE 2ND. THE LOW OF 27 DEGREES ON THE 24TH BROKE THE 2020 RECORD OF 29. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.80 INCHES...WHICH WAS 63 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 5TH WITH 0.31 INCHES. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 60 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 6TH. ...THE ROCK SPRINGS WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 90 05/31/2002 LOW 18 05/07/2010 05/05/2010 05/02/1954 HIGHEST 79 05/29 LOWEST 22 05/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.6 63.2 -1.6 AVG. MINIMUM 35.7 38.4 -2.7 MEAN 48.6 50.8 -2.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 13 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.67 1995 MINIMUM 0.00 1974 TOTALS 0.80 1.27 -0.47 0.58 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.04 -0.01 DAYS >= .01 6 DAYS >= .10 4 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.31 05/05 TO 05/05 STORM TOTAL 0.31 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 499 442 57 SINCE 7/1 7435 7905 -470 COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 SINCE 1/1 0 2 -2 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.2 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 9/260 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/270 DATE 05/06 44/250 05/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/270 DATE 05/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.35 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 15 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 51 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 8 SLEET 0 FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 2 - 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 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. $$