Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
437 CXUS55 KRIW 020125 CLMP60 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 527 PM MST THU FEB 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024 WILL BE AVAILABLE APPROXIMATELY IN 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 ...LAKE YELLOWSTONE WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN JANUARY... AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE IN JANUARY WAS 13.3 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.3 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS 41 DEGREES ON THE 29TH. THE COLDEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS ON THE 13TH WITH 33 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THERE WERE SEVERAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN: DATE NEW OLD YEAR LOW 13TH -33 -20 2013 HIGH 22ND 34 TIE 34 2005 28TH 35 TIE 35 2016 29TH 41 35 2018 30TH 34 TIE 34 2018 31ST 37 TIE 37 2003 TOTAL PRECIPITATION AT LAKE YELLOWSTONE WAS 1.18 INCHES... WHICH WAS 66 PERCENT OF NORMAL.THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD DURING THE MONTH WAS THE 10TH WHEN 0.30 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 35 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THE 12TH. ...THE LAKE YELLOWSTONE WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 42 01/27/2015 01/20/2005 01/16/1974 LOW -42 01/30/2023 HIGHEST 41 01/29 LOWEST -33 01/13 AVG. MAXIMUM 23.8 23.0 0.8 AVG. MINIMUM 2.8 1.0 1.8 MEAN 13.3 12.0 1.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 24 DAYS MIN <= 32 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 13 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.81 2020 MINIMUM 0.14 2009 TOTALS 1.18 1.80 -0.62 1.53 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.06 -0.02 DAYS >= .01 18 DAYS >= .10 4 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.30 01/10 TO 01/10 STORM TOTAL 0.30 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1596 1643 -47 SINCE 7/1 6113 6762 -649 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.4 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 0/100 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 17/280 DATE 01/12 17/300 01/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/310 DATE 01/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.00 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 31 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 79 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 0 LIGHT SNOW 18 SLEET 0 FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - 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 23 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 0 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 30 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 3 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.70 INCHES. $$