Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
428 CXUS55 KRIW 020106 CLMCPR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 527 PM MST THU FEB 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR CASPER 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 ...JANUARY WAS COLDER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR CASPER... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR CASPER IN JANUARY WAS 22.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 56 DEGREES ON THE 31ST. THE 29TH HIT 53 DEGREES AND TIED THE 1971 RECORD. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 37 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 13TH. NO OTHER TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.36 INCHES...WHICH IS 73 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 11TH WHEN 0.15 INCHES FELL. NO PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 6.5 INCHES WHICH IS 72 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOURS WAS ON THE 11TH WITH 2.1 INCHES. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 53 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 9TH. ...THE CASPER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 60 01/31/1971 01/30/1971 LOW -40 01/14/1972 01/13/1972 01/24/1949 HIGHEST 56 01/31 LOWEST -37 01/13 AVG. MAXIMUM 34.0 35.2 -1.2 AVG. MINIMUM 10.7 15.0 -4.3 MEAN 22.3 25.1 -2.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 12 DAYS MIN <= 32 28 DAYS MIN <= 0 8 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.99 2023 MINIMUM 0.03 2004 TOTALS 0.36 0.49 -0.13 1.99 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.02 -0.01 DAYS >= .01 7 DAYS >= .10 1 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.15 01/11 TO 01/11 STORM TOTAL 0.15 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 6.5 9.0 -2.5 SINCE 7/1 20.8 37.4 -16.6 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 DAYS >= 1.0 3 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1315 1237 78 SINCE 7/1 3994 4293 -299 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.8 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 9/220 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/220 DATE 01/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/210 DATE 01/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.25 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 20 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66 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 9 SLEET 0 FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 8 - 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 36 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 15 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 42 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 18. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.56 INCHES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY SNOWFALL IS 10.9 INCHES. $$