Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
000 CXUS55 KBYZ 011610 CLASHR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 903 AM MST SAT JAN 01 2022 ................................... ...THE SHERIDAN WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1907 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 107 07/13/2005 07/14/2002 LOW -41 12/09/1919 HIGHEST 107R 06/15 07/27 LOWEST -27 02/13 02/14 AVG. MAXIMUM 62.4 59.7 2.7 AVG. MINIMUM 32.4 31.1 1.3 MEAN 47.4 45.4 2.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 62 27.5 DAYS MAX <= 32 36 -4.4 DAYS MIN <= 32 184 -0.7 DAYS MIN <= 0 20 1.2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 24.77 1944 MINIMUM 8.23 1960 TOTALS 12.95 14.93 -1.98 DAYS >= .01 100 -2.3 DAYS >= .10 40 -0.5 DAYS >= .50 4 -2.7 DAYS >= 1.00 0 -1.2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6940 7542 -602 COOLING TOTAL 693 441 252 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 08/17/2002 LATEST 06/24/1967 EARLIEST 09/30 LATEST 05/11 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/300 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 54/320 DATE 04/08 54/300 04/10 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 69/310 DATE 04/08 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 30 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 21 LIGHT RAIN 74 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 9 SNOW 23 LIGHT SNOW 73 SLEET 0 FOG 91 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 15 HAZE 57 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...2021 YEAR IN REVIEW FOR SHERIDAN... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR SHERIDAN FOR 2021. ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND ALL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES. NORMALS ARE 30 YEAR AVERAGES CALCULATED FROM 1991 TO 2020. MONTHLY AND ANNUAL RANKINGS FOR PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES USE A PERIOD OF RECORD THAT STARTED IN MAY 1907 AT OR NEAR THE SHERIDAN AIRPORT. NUMBERS DENOTED WITH AN * IS MISSING DATA IN THE CALCULATION. ...SHERIDAN MONTHLY PRECIPITATION... MONTH 2021 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 0.46 0.61 -0.15 TIED FOR THE 42ND DRIEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.03 IN 2004) (DRIEST SINCE 0.38 IN 2020) FEBRUARY 1.60 0.65 +0.95 3RD WETTEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 2.68 IN 1955) (WETTEST SINCE 2.68 IN 1955) MARCH 1.47 1.02 +0.45 28TH WETTEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.43 IN 2017) (WETTEST SINCE 1.50 IN 2018) APRIL 2.60 1.87 +0.73 26TH WETTEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 5.52 IN 1925) (WETTEST SINCE 4.60 IN 2017) MAY 1.11 2.68 -1.57 TIED FOR THE 21ST DRIEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.15 IN 1936) (DRIEST SINCE 0.74 IN 2020) JUNE 0.32 1.98 -1.66 4TH DRIEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.07 IN 1933) (DRIEST SINCE 0.28 IN 1971) JULY 0.57 1.07 -0.50 40TH DRIEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.02 IN 1999) (DRIEST SINCE 0.06 IN 2020) AUGUST 0.90 0.71 +0.19 44TH WETTEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.02 IN 1968) (WETTEST SINCE 1.30 IN 2018) SEPTEMBER 0.19 1.47 -1.28 TIED FOR THE 10TH DRIEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T TIED IN 2012) (DRIEST SINCE T IN 2012) OCTOBER 2.56 1.57 +0.99 13TH WETTEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.72 IN 2011) (WETTEST SINCE 2.62 IN 2020) NOVEMBER 0.15 0.76 -0.61 TIED FOR THE 7TH DRIEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 1939) (DRIEST SINCE 0.04 IN 2020) DECEMBER 1.02 0.54 +0.48 TIED FOR THE 17TH WETTEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 2.41 IN 1989) (WETTEST SINCE 1.11 IN 2017) YEAR 12.95 14.93 -1.98 31ST DRIEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 8.23 IN 1960) (DRIEST SINCE 10.82 IN 2020) ...SHERIDAN 2021 TOP 3 DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION... 1 - 0.92 APRIL 26 2 - 0.73 OCTOBER 11 3 - 0.69 OCTOBER 12 ALL TIME DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD...3.32 ON JUNE 3 1944 ...SHERIDAN 2021 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... 0.28 ON FEBRUARY 5 (TIED RECORD IN 1929) 0.73 ON OCTOBER 11 (OLD RECORD 0.72 IN 1920) 0.69 ON OCTOBER 12 (OLD RECORD 0.56 IN 1970) 0.37 ON DECEMBER 5 (OLD RECORD 0.26 IN 1920) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2021 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 29.0 24.0 +5.0 14TH WARMEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 35.5 IN 2006) (WARMEST SINCE 35.5 IN 2006) FEBRUARY 15.2 26.0 -10.8 8TH COLDEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 3.8 IN 1936) (COLDEST SINCE 12.0 IN 2019) MARCH 37.1 35.7 +1.4 TIED FOR THE 28TH WARMEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 45.5 IN 2012) (WARMEST SINCE 41.0 IN 2017) APRIL 42.7 43.2 -0.5 46TH COLDEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 36.4 IN 1920) (COLDEST SINCE 39.7 IN 2020) MAY 51.7 52.4 -0.7 TIED FOR THE 41ST COLDEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 47.4 IN 1907) (COLDEST SINCE 48.1 IN 2019) JUNE 69.1 61.8 +7.3 2ND WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 74.2 IN 1988) (WARMEST SINCE 74.2 IN 1988) JULY 75.6 70.7 +4.9 5TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 77.9 IN 1936) (WARMEST SINCE 75.8 IN 2012) AUGUST 68.7 69.1 -0.4 TIED FOR THE 54TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 77.8 IN 1983) (WARMEST SINCE 72.1 IN 2020) SEPTEMBER 63.0 59.1 +3.9 6TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 65.3 IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 64.1 IN 2015) OCTOBER 49.2 45.4 +3.8 TIED FOR THE 22ND WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 54.7 IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 51.2 IN 2015) NOVEMBER 41.5 33.3 +8.2 5TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 45.4 IN 1949) (WARMEST SINCE 42.4 IN 1999) DECEMBER 26.9 24.5 +2.4 42ND WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 35.0 IN 1957) (WARMEST SINCE 32.1 IN 2020) YEAR 47.6 45.5 +2.1 TIED FOR THE 9TH WARMEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 48.8 IN 1934) (WARMEST SINCE 48.0 IN 2016) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2021 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 41.2 36.3 +4.9 TIED FOR THE 15TH WARMEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 48.8 IN 2006) (WARMEST SINCE 41.5 IN 2012) FEBRUARY 27.1 38.4 -11.3 8TH COLDEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 16.2 IN 1936) (COLDEST SINCE 23.3 IN 2019) MARCH 50.5 49.0 +1.5 26TH WARMEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 61.8 IN 2012) (WARMEST SINCE 53.1 IN 2017) APRIL 56.3 56.7 -0.4 TIED FOR THE 55TH COLDEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 46.0 IN 1920) (COLDEST SINCE 55.1 IN 2020) MAY 65.5 66.1 -0.6 51ST COLDEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 57.6 IN 2011) (COLDEST SINCE 60.2 IN 2019) JUNE 87.6 76.9 +10.7 2ND WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 91.2 IN 1988) (WARMEST SINCE 91.2 IN 1988) JULY 94.1 87.8 +6.3 3RD WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 95.8 IN 1936) (WARMEST SINCE 94.5 IN 2006) AUGUST 86.4 86.6 -0.2 TIED FOR THE 43RD WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 95.0 IN 1983) (WARMEST SINCE 91.1 IN 2020) SEPTEMBER 82.4 75.6 +6.8 2ND WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 83.1 IN 2015) (WARMEST SINCE 83.1 IN 2015) OCTOBER 62.9 59.9 +3.0 TIED FOR THE 42ND WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 71.0 IN 1944) (WARMEST SINCE 63.2 IN 2016) NOVEMBER 55.9 46.7 +9.2 6TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 59.9 IN 1949) (WARMEST SINCE 58.6 IN 1999) DECEMBER 39.4 36.7 +2.7 TIED FOR THE 38TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 48.5 IN 1957) (WARMEST SINCE 45.7 IN 2020) YEAR 62.6 59.9 +2.7 7TH WARMEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 63.4 TIED IN 2006) (WARMEST SINCE 62.7 IN 2016) ...SHERIDAN 2021 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES... 1 - 107 JULY 27 2 - 107 JUNE 15 3 - 104 JULY 19 ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...107 ON JULY 27 2021 ...SHERIDAN 2021 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 66 ON JANUARY 13 (OLD RECORD 60 IN 1943) 74 ON APRIL 1 (OLD RECORD 72 IN 1921) 77 ON APRIL 4 (OLD RECORD 76 IN 1992) 84 ON APRIL 30 (TIED RECORD IN 1926) 93 ON JUNE 3 (OLD RECORD 92 IN 1988) 96 ON JUNE 9 (TIED RECORD IN 2016) 100 ON JUNE 14 (OLD RECORD 96 IN 1918) 107 ON JUNE 15 (OLD RECORD 98 IN 1931) 104 ON JULY 19 (OLD RECORD 103 IN 1960) 107 ON JULY 27 (OLD RECORD 103 IN 1931) 101 ON AUGUST 17 (TIED RECORD IN 2020) 95 ON SEPTEMBER 10 (OLD RECORD 92 IN 2012) 94 ON SEPTEMBER 18 (TIED RECORD IN 1914) 92 ON SEPTEMBER 27 (OLD RECORD 90 IN 1952) 74 ON NOVEMBER 15 (OLD RECORD 72 IN 1975) 68 ON NOVEMBER 16 (TIED RECORD IN 1943) 66 ON NOVEMBER 28 (OLD RECORD 63 IN 2002) 64 ON NOVEMBER 29 (TIED RECORD IN 1973) 76 ON DECEMBER 1 (OLD RECORD 71 IN 1995) 77 ON DECEMBER 2 (OLD RECORD 70 IN 1941) ...SHERIDAN 2021 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES... 1 - -5 FEBRUARY 11 2 - -3 FEBRUARY 14 3 - -3 FEBRUARY 13 ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...-19 ON FEBRUARY 2 1989 ...SHERIDAN 2021 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... -5 ON FEBRUARY 11 (OLD RECORD 4 IN 1922) 40 ON MAY 21 (OLD RECORD 41 IN 1917) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2021 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 16.7 11.7 +5.0 TIED FOR THE 10TH WARMEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 22.1 IN 2006) (WARMEST SINCE 22.1 IN 2006) FEBRUARY 3.3 13.7 -10.4 10TH COLDEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS -8.7 IN 1936) (COLDEST SINCE 0.7 IN 2019) MARCH 23.7 22.4 +1.3 TIED FOR THE 34TH WARMEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 30.7 IN 1986) (WARMEST SINCE 24.3 IN 2020) APRIL 29.0 29.7 -0.7 TIED FOR THE 33RD COLDEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 24.3 IN 2020) (COLDEST SINCE 24.3 IN 2020) MAY 37.8 38.7 -0.9 31ST COLDEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 34.8 IN 1909) (COLDEST SINCE 36.0 IN 2019) JUNE 50.6 46.8 +3.8 TIED FOR THE 15TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 57.1 IN 1988) (WARMEST SINCE 52.0 IN 2015) JULY 57.1 53.5 +3.6 11TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 60.0 IN 1936) (WARMEST SINCE 57.9 IN 2012) AUGUST 50.9 51.5 -0.6 TIED FOR THE 47TH COLDEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 44.7 IN 1910) (COLDEST SINCE 49.4 IN 2017) SEPTEMBER 43.5 42.5 +1.0 TIED FOR THE 32ND WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 50.6 IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 45.4 IN 2019) OCTOBER 35.4 31.0 +4.4 TIED FOR THE 16TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 38.9 IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 36.0 IN 2015) NOVEMBER 27.1 19.9 +7.2 3RD WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 30.9 IN 1949) (WARMEST SINCE 27.5 IN 1954) DECEMBER 14.3 12.2 +2.1 TIED FOR THE 44TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 21.5 IN 1957) (WARMEST SINCE 18.5 IN 2020) YEAR 32.6 31.2 +1.4 TIED FOR THE 21ST WARMEST OUT OF 114 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 34.2 IN 1987) (WARMEST SINCE 33.2 IN 2016) ...SHERIDAN 2021 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES... 1 - 70 JULY 28 2 - 67 JULY 20 3 - 63 JULY 30 ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...76 ON JULY 28 1935 ...SHERIDAN 2021 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 40 ON NOVEMBER 13 (OLD RECORD 38 IN 1987) 39 ON NOVEMBER 14 (OLD RECORD 37 IN 1941) 49 ON NOVEMBER 15 (OLD RECORD 41 IN 1953) 38 ON DECEMBER 1 (OLD RECORD 32 IN 1972) 44 ON DECEMBER 2 (OLD RECORD 36 IN 1975) 38 ON DECEMBER 23 (OLD RECORD 35 IN 1925) ...SHERIDAN 2021 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES... 1 - -27 FEBRUARY 14 2 - -27 FEBRUARY 13 3 - -16 FEBRUARY 9 ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...-41 ON DECEMBER 9 1919 ...SHERIDAN 2021 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 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