Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
138 CXUS55 KBYZ 011327 CLMSHR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 624 AM MST THU FEB 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SHERIDAN WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1907 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 68 01/30 LOWEST -31 01/13 AVG. MAXIMUM 37.5 36.3 1.2 AVG. MINIMUM 8.6 11.7 -3.1 MEAN 23.1 24.0 -0.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 10 DAYS MIN <= 32 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 7 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 0.27 0.61 -0.34 DAYS >= .01 6 DAYS >= .10 0 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.09 01/14 TO 01/14 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1292 1271 21 SINCE 7/1 3753 4362 -609 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/310 DATE 01/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 42/310 DATE 01/18 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 0 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 4 LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 0 FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 8 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...JANUARY 2024 MONTH IN REVIEW FOR SHERIDAN... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR SHERIDAN FOR JANUARY 2024. ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND ALL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES. NORMALS ARE 30 YEAR AVERAGES CALCULATED FROM 1991 TO 2020. MONTHLY RANKINGS FOR PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES USE A PERIOD OF RECORD THAT STARTED IN MAY 1934 AT OR NEAR THE SHERIDAN AIRPORT. NUMBERS DENOTED WITH AN * IS MISSING DATA IN THE CALCULATION. ...SHERIDAN MONTHLY PRECIPITATION... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 0.27 0.61 -0.34 16TH DRIEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.03 IN 2004) (DRIEST SINCE 0.08 IN 2010) ...SHERIDAN JANUARY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... NONE ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 23.1 24.0 -0.9 MEDIAN OUT OF 117 YEARS (WARMEST 35.5-2006/COLDEST 1.8-1916) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 37.5 36.3 +1.2 TIED FOR THE 41ST WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 48.8 IN 2006) (WARMEST SINCE 42.7 IN 2022) ...SHERIDAN JANUARY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 66 ON JANUARY 28 (OLD RECORD 62 IN 1931) 68 ON JANUARY 30 (OLD RECORD 64 IN 1989) ...SHERIDAN JANUARY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... -9 ON JANUARY 13 (TIED RECORD IN 1997) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 8.6 11.7 -3.1 TIED FOR THE 49TH COLDEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS -10.5 IN 1916) (COLDEST SINCE 3.8 IN 2017) ...SHERIDAN JANUARY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...SHERIDAN JANUARY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... -31 ON JANUARY 13 (OLD RECORD -26 IN 1997) -24 ON JANUARY 14 (TIED RECORD IN 1979) $$