Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
747 CXUS55 KRIW 011932 CCA CLMLND CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 113 PM MDT MON APR 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LANDER FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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 ...LANDER WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN MARCH.... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LANDER IN MARCH WAS 36.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 62 DEGREES ON THE 23RD. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 12 DEGREES ON THE 5TH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.37 INCHES...WHICH IS 106 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 13-14TH WHEN 0.73 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. NO PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 16.6 INCHES WHICH IS 115 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 14TH WHEN 7.2 INCHES FELL. SNOWFALL FOR MARCH IS ESTIMATED BASED ON SURROUNDING OBSERVATIONS. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 53 MPH AND OCCURRED ON THE 1ST FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND ON THE 2ND FROM THE SOUTH. ...THE LANDER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1891 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 76 03/31/2015 03/31/2012 03/30/1966 LOW -16 03/02/1960 HIGHEST 62 03/23 LOWEST 12 03/05 AVG. MAXIMUM 47.7 48.6 -0.9 AVG. MINIMUM 25.8 23.4 2.4 MEAN 36.8 36.0 0.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 26 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.65 2017 MINIMUM 0.03 2004 TOTALS 1.37 1.29 0.08 0.58 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.04 -0.00 DAYS >= .01 9 DAYS >= .10 4 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.73 03/13 TO 03/14 STORM TOTAL 0.53 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 16.6 14.4 2.2 SINCE 7/1 66.5 66.6 -0.1 SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM DAYS >= 1.0 4 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 868 899 -31 SINCE 7/1 6176 6550 -374 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/240 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/180 DATE 03/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/210 DATE 03/01 53/170 03/02 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.35 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 57 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 4 LIGHT SNOW 11 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO APRIL 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 54 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 28 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 60 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 34. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 2.07 INCHES. THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL IS 16.4 INCHES. $$