Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
000 CXUS55 KBYZ 011039 CLMSHR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 437 AM MDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SHERIDAN WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1907 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 99 08/18 LOWEST 42 08/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 85.3 86.6 -1.3 AVG. MINIMUM 53.9 51.5 2.4 MEAN 69.6 69.1 0.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 12 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 1.98 0.71 1.27 DAYS >= .01 10 DAYS >= .10 7 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.05 08/04 TO 08/05 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 19 37 -18 SINCE 7/1 35 56 -21 COOLING TOTAL 171 162 9 SINCE 1/1 350 406 -56 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/330 DATE 08/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/330 DATE 08/30 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...AUGUST 2023 MONTH IN REVIEW FOR SHERIDAN... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR SHERIDAN FOR AUGUST 2023. 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 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING AUGUST 1.98 0.71 +1.27 7TH WETTEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.02 IN 1968) (WETTEST SINCE 2.47 IN 1998) ...SHERIDAN AUGUST 2023 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... 0.20 ON AUGUST 4 (OLD RECORD 0.16 IN 1977) 0.85 ON AUGUST 5 (OLD RECORD 0.39 IN 1997) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING AUGUST 69.6 69.1 +0.5 TIED FOR THE 46TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 77.8 IN 1983) (WARMEST SINCE 73.6 IN 2022) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING AUGUST 85.3 86.6 -1.3 TIED FOR THE 54TH COLDEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 76.5 IN 1927) (COLDEST SINCE 83.8 IN 2018) ...SHERIDAN AUGUST 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...SHERIDAN AUGUST 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 63 ON AUGUST 5 (OLD RECORD 68 IN 2017) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING AUGUST 53.9 51.5 +2.4 TIED FOR THE 24TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 60.5 IN 1983) (WARMEST SINCE 55.5 IN 2022) ...SHERIDAN AUGUST 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 64 ON AUGUST 18 (TIED RECORD IN 1958) ...SHERIDAN AUGUST 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE $$