Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
886 CXUS55 KRIW 041910 CLMBYG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 103 PM MDT TUE JUN 04 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO 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 ...BUFFALO WAS COLDER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN MAY... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN MAY WAS 50 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 76 DEGREES ON THE 17TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 24 DEGREES ON THE 2ND. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 3.35 INCHES...WHICH IS 123 PERCENT OF NORMAL THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 6TH WITH 1.24 INCHES AND BROKE THE 2014 RECORD OF 0.50. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 68 MPH OCCURRING ON THE 23RD FROM THE NORTHWEST. ...THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1998 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 91 05/13/2001 LOW 17 05/02/2005 HIGHEST 78 05/17 LOWEST 24 05/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.9 62.8 -0.9 AVG. MINIMUM 38.0 41.1 -3.1 MEAN 50.0 52.0 -2.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 5 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.74 2011 MINIMUM 0.31 2009 TOTALS 3.35 2.73 0.62 3.31 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.09 0.02 DAYS >= .01 11 DAYS >= .10 7 DAYS >= .50 2 DAYS >= 1.00 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.24 05/06 TO 05/06 STORM TOTAL 1.24 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 457 412 45 SINCE 7/1 6573 7138 -565 COOLING TOTAL 0 7 -7 SINCE 1/1 0 7 -7 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 5/320 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 47/320 DATE 05/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 68/320 DATE 05/23 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.42 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 12 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. LOOKING AHEAD TO JUNE 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 68 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 46 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 80 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 54. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 2.07 INCHES. $$