Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
441 CXUS55 KRIW 020057 CLMBPI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 527 PM MST THU FEB 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BIG PINEY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 ...BIG PINEY WAS MUCH DRIER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL IN JANUARY... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BIG PINEY IN JANUARY WAS 17.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 5.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL IT WAS THE 7TH WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 48 DEGREES ON THE 29TH. THIS BROKE THE 2018 RECORD OF 43 DEGREES. THE 28TH HIGH OF 47 BROKE THE 2018 RECORD OF 44. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 15TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.08 INCHES...WHICH IS 18 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 14TH WITH 0.03 INCHES. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 65 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THE 12TH. ...THE BIG PINEY WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1976 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 55 01/16/2011 LOW -47 01/18/1984 HIGHEST 48 01/29 LOWEST -25 01/15 AVG. MAXIMUM 31.7 26.7 5.0 AVG. MINIMUM 3.5 -3.3 6.8 MEAN 17.6 11.7 5.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 14 DAYS MIN <= 32 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 12 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 0.99 2017 MINIMUM T 1994 TOTALS 0.08 0.44 -0.36 0.79 DAILY AVG. 0.00 0.01 -0.01 DAYS >= .01 4 DAYS >= .10 0 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.03 01/14 TO 01/14 STORM TOTAL 0.03 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1461 1652 -191 SINCE 7/1 5314 6028 -714 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/340 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/300 DATE 01/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 65/300 DATE 01/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.42 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 15 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 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 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 15 SLEET 0 FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO FEBRUARY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 27 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS -2 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 34 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 5 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.37 INCHES. $$