Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
830 CXUS55 KRIW 020127 CLMLND CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 527 PM MST THU FEB 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LANDER 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 ...LANDER WAS COLDER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN JANUARY.... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LANDER IN JANUARY WAS 17 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 47 DEGREES ON THE 28TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 27 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 13TH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.46 INCHES...WHICH IS 90 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 7-8TH WHEN 0.20 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. NO PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 8.2 INCHES WHICH IS 100 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 7TH-8TH WHEN 6 INCHES FELL. SNOWFALL FOR JANUARY IS ESTIMATED BASED ON SURROUNDING OBSERVATIONS. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST OCCURRED ON THE 9TH WITH 51 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ...THE LANDER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 64 01/01/1918 LOW -39 01/17/1930 HIGHEST 47 01/28 LOWEST -27 01/13 AVG. MAXIMUM 27.8 32.8 -5.0 AVG. MINIMUM 6.6 9.8 -3.2 MEAN 17.2 21.3 -4.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 17 DAYS MIN <= 32 30 DAYS MIN <= 0 6 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.55 2023 MINIMUM 0.00 1952 TOTALS 0.46 0.51 -0.05 2.55 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.02 0.00 DAYS >= .01 5 DAYS >= .10 2 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.20 01/07 TO 01/08 STORM TOTAL 0.16 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 8.2 8.2 0.0 SINCE 7/1 40.5 40.1 0.4 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 6 DAYS >= 1.0 3 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1383 1355 28 SINCE 7/1 4241 4529 -288 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/260 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/230 DATE 01/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/220 DATE 01/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.21 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 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 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 4 - 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 34 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 11 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 0.70 INCHES. THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL IS 12.1 INCHES. $$