Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
696 CXUS55 KRIW 032041 AAA CLMCPR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 239 PM MST FRI DEC 01 2023 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR CASPER FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023 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 ...NOVEMBER WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR CASPER... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR CASPER IN NOVEMBER WAS 35.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 65 DEGREES ON THE 5TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 25TH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.40 INCHES...WHICH IS 63 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 23RD-24TH WHEN 0.40 INCHES FELL. THE 23RD HAD 0.29 INCHES AND TIED 1967. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 10.5 INCHES WHICH IS 118 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOURS WAS ON THE 23RD WITH 6.4 INCHES. THIS BROKE THE 1992 RECORD OF 5.7 INCHES. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 52 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 5TH. ...THE CASPER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 73 11/04/2020 LOW -27 11/12/2014 HIGHEST 65 11/05 LOWEST -10 11/25 AVG. MAXIMUM 47.6 45.9 1.7 AVG. MINIMUM 23.5 22.0 1.5 MEAN 35.6 34.0 1.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 5 DAYS MIN <= 32 22 DAYS MIN <= 0 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.72 1983 MINIMUM 0.04 2020 TOTALS 0.40 0.64 -0.24 1.15 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.02 -0.01 DAYS >= .01 3 DAYS >= .10 2 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.40 11/23 TO 11/24 STORM TOTAL 0.40 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 10.5 8.9 1.6 SINCE 7/1 13.3 17.4 -4.1 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= 1.0 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 875 932 -57 SINCE 7/1 1665 1802 -137 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 342 443 -101 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.3 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 10/230 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/250 DATE 11/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 52/280 DATE 11/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.21 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 2 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 55 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 2 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO DECEMBER 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 38 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 17 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 34 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 14. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.61 INCHES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY SNOWFALL IS 11 INCHES. $$