Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
320 CXUS55 KRIW 112131 CLMBYG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 330 PM MDT MON MAR 11 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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 WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN FEBRUARY... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN FEBRUARY WAS 31.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 59 DEGREES ON THE 26TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 5 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 16TH. THERE WERE NO RECORDS BROKEN THIS MONTH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.31 INCHES...WHICH IS 129 PERCENT OF NORMAL THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 3-4TH WITH 0.30 INCHES. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 61 MPH FROM THE NORTH ON THE 26TH. ...THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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 69 02/06/2015 LOW -22 02/06/2014 HIGHEST 59 02/26 LOWEST -5 02/16 AVG. MAXIMUM 42.1 37.0 5.1 AVG. MINIMUM 20.8 17.5 3.3 MEAN 31.4 27.3 4.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 6 DAYS MIN <= 32 27 DAYS MIN <= 0 2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 0.73 2004 MINIMUM 0.01 1999 TOTALS 0.31 0.24 0.07 0.10 DAILY AVG. 0.01 NAN NAN DAYS >= .01 3 DAYS >= .10 1 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.30 02/03 TO 02/04 STORM TOTAL 0.28 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 966 1057 -91 SINCE 7/1 4593 5229 -636 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/270 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/340 DATE 02/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 61/350 DATE 02/26 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.38 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 0 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 8 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO MARCH 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 41 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 20 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 51 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 29. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.73 INCHES. $$