Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
716 CXUS55 KRIW 031648 CLMRKS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1012 AM MDT FRI MAY 03 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR ROCK SPRINGS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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 AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN APRIL... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR ROCK SPRINGS IN APRIL WAS 43.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 71 DEGREES ON THE 12TH AND TIED THE 1998 RECORD. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 19 DEGREES ON THE 18TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.44 INCHES...WHICH WAS 48 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 29TH WITH 0.22 INCHES. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 57 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 5TH. ...THE ROCK SPRINGS WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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 79 04/23/2012 04/29/2007 04/20/1989 LOW 2 04/02/1975 HIGHEST 71 04/12 LOWEST 19 04/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 56.4 52.8 3.6 AVG. MINIMUM 30.2 29.7 0.5 MEAN 43.3 41.2 2.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 18 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.74 1999 MINIMUM T 2013 TOTALS 0.44 0.91 -0.47 0.16 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.03 -0.02 DAYS >= .01 8 DAYS >= .10 1 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.22 04/29 TO 04/29 STORM TOTAL 0.22 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS MM 8.8 MM SINCE 7/1 MM 50.9 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM DAYS >= 1.0 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 642 712 -70 SINCE 7/1 6936 7463 -527 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.1 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 7/250 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/180 DATE 04/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 57/180 DATE 04/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.29 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 53 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 57 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 33 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 69 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 43. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.27 INCHES. $$