Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
000 CXUS55 KBYZ 021718 CLASHR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 1016 AM MST MON JAN 02 2023 ................................... ...THE SHERIDAN WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1907 TO 2023 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 104 07/18 08/10 09/07 LOWEST -23 12/22 12/23 02/23 AVG. MAXIMUM 60.3 59.7 0.6 AVG. MINIMUM 30.7 31.1 -0.4 MEAN 45.5 45.4 0.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 58 23.5 DAYS MAX <= 32 55 14.6 DAYS MIN <= 32 188 3.3 DAYS MIN <= 0 29 10.2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 24.77 1944 MINIMUM 8.23 1960 TOTALS 15.48 14.93 0.55 DAYS >= .01 104 1.7 DAYS >= .10 37 -3.5 DAYS >= .50 7 0.3 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.8 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 7676 7542 134 COOLING TOTAL 702 441 261 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 08/17/2002 LATEST 06/24/1967 EARLIEST 10/09 LATEST 06/01 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 4/310 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 51/320 DATE 04/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 66/320 DATE 04/06 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 27 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 18 RAIN 22 LIGHT RAIN 82 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 10 SNOW 29 LIGHT SNOW 72 SLEET 0 FOG 89 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 13 HAZE 57 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...2022 YEAR IN REVIEW FOR SHERIDAN... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR SHERIDAN FOR 2022. 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 2022 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 0.28 0.61 -0.33 16TH DRIEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.03 IN 2004) (DRIEST SINCE 0.08 IN 2010) FEBRUARY 0.88 0.65 +0.23 30TH WETTEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 2.68 IN 1955) (WETTEST SINCE 1.60 IN 2021) MARCH 0.83 1.02 -0.19 TIED FOR THE 46TH DRIEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.14 IN 1978) (DRIEST SINCE 0.55 IN 2020) APRIL 2.51 1.87 +0.64 TIED FOR THE 28TH WETTEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 5.52 IN 1925) (WETTEST SINCE 2.60 IN 2021) MAY 3.16 2.68 +0.48 33RD WETTEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 6.82 IN 1938) (WETTEST SINCE 6.34 IN 2019) JUNE 1.48 1.98 -0.50 39TH DRIEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.07 IN 1933) (DRIEST SINCE 0.32 IN 2021) JULY 0.37 1.07 -0.70 TIED FOR THE 28TH DRIEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.02 IN 1999) (DRIEST SINCE 0.06 IN 2020) AUGUST 0.55 0.71 -0.16 TIED FOR THE 48TH DRIEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T TIED IN 1970) (DRIEST SINCE 0.53 IN 2020) SEPTEMBER 2.24 1.47 +0.77 20TH WETTEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 8.18 IN 1923) (WETTEST SINCE 3.71 IN 2016) OCTOBER 1.04 1.57 -0.53 50TH DRIEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.02 IN 1965) (DRIEST SINCE 0.34 IN 2017) NOVEMBER 1.11 0.76 +0.35 TIED FOR THE 25TH WETTEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 2.41 IN 1991) (WETTEST SINCE 1.37 IN 2019) DECEMBER 1.03 0.54 +0.49 17TH WETTEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 2.41 IN 1989) (WETTEST SINCE 1.11 IN 2017) YEAR 15.48 14.93 +0.55 53RD WETTEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 29.79 IN 1923) (WETTEST SINCE 18.01 IN 2019) ...SHERIDAN 2022 TOP 3 DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION... 1 - 2.39 MAY 30 2 - 1.24 SEPTEMBER 8 3 - 0.60 DECEMBER 13 ALL TIME DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD...3.32 ON JUNE 3 1944 ...SHERIDAN 2022 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... 0.35 ON MARCH 4 (OLD RECORD 0.24 IN 1931) 2.39 ON MAY 30 (OLD RECORD 1.28 IN 1937) 1.24 ON SEPTEMBER 8 (OLD RECORD 0.97 IN 1991) 0.60 ON SEPTEMBER 9 (OLD RECORD 0.44 IN 1989) 0.60 ON DECEMBER 13 (OLD RECORD 0.41 IN 1989) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2022 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 27.8 24.0 +3.8 20TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 35.5 IN 2006) (WARMEST SINCE 29.0 IN 2021) FEBRUARY 24.8 26.0 -1.2 TIED FOR THE 57TH COLDEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 3.8 IN 1936) (COLDEST SINCE 15.2 IN 2021) MARCH 36.5 35.7 +0.8 36TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 45.5 IN 2012) (WARMEST SINCE 37.1 IN 2021) APRIL 39.2 43.2 -4.0 TIED FOR THE 11TH COLDEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 36.4 IN 1920) (COLDEST SINCE 37.7 IN 2013) MAY 50.7 52.4 -1.7 TIED FOR THE 32ND COLDEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 47.4 IN 1907) (COLDEST SINCE 48.1 IN 2019) JUNE 62.3 61.8 +0.5 TIED FOR THE 46TH WARMEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 74.2 IN 1988) (WARMEST SINCE 69.1 IN 2021) JULY 73.9 70.7 +3.2 11TH WARMEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 77.9 IN 1936) (WARMEST SINCE 75.6 IN 2021) AUGUST 73.6 69.1 +4.5 TIED FOR THE 3RD WARMEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 77.8 IN 1983) (WARMEST SINCE 74.1 IN 2003) SEPTEMBER 64.4 59.1 +5.3 3RD WARMEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 65.3 IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 65.3 IN 1963) OCTOBER 48.8 45.4 +3.4 TIED FOR THE 28TH WARMEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 54.7 IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 49.2 IN 2021) NOVEMBER 25.9 33.3 -7.4 8TH COLDEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 15.5 IN 1985) (COLDEST SINCE 23.4 IN 2000) DECEMBER 18.4 24.5 -6.1 24TH COLDEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 6.8 IN 1983) (COLDEST SINCE 15.4 IN 2016) YEAR 45.7 45.5 +0.2 TIED FOR THE 42ND WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 48.8 IN 1934) (WARMEST SINCE 47.6 IN 2021) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2022 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 42.7 36.3 +6.4 14TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 48.8 IN 2006) (WARMEST SINCE 48.8 IN 2006) FEBRUARY 38.9 38.4 +0.5 TIED FOR THE 47TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 53.2 IN 1954) (WARMEST SINCE 42.3 IN 2017) MARCH 50.9 49.0 +1.9 25TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 61.8 IN 2012) (WARMEST SINCE 53.1 IN 2017) APRIL 52.3 56.7 -4.4 TIED FOR THE 19TH COLDEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 46.0 IN 1920) (COLDEST SINCE 50.7 IN 2013) MAY 63.8 66.1 -2.3 TIED FOR THE 37TH COLDEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 57.6 IN 2011) (COLDEST SINCE 60.2 IN 2019) JUNE 78.1 76.9 +1.2 TIED FOR THE 37TH WARMEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 91.2 IN 1988) (WARMEST SINCE 87.6 IN 2021) JULY 92.7 87.8 +4.9 TIED FOR THE 7TH WARMEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 95.8 IN 1936) (WARMEST SINCE 94.1 IN 2021) AUGUST 91.6 86.6 +5.0 5TH WARMEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 95.0 IN 1983) (WARMEST SINCE 91.8 IN 2001) SEPTEMBER 81.3 75.6 +5.7 4TH WARMEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 83.1 IN 2015) (WARMEST SINCE 82.4 IN 2021) OCTOBER 64.0 59.9 +4.1 37TH WARMEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 71.0 IN 1944) (WARMEST SINCE 66.3 IN 2015) NOVEMBER 37.7 46.7 -9.0 9TH COLDEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 24.9 IN 1985) (COLDEST SINCE 36.3 IN 2000) DECEMBER 29.3 36.7 -7.4 TIED FOR THE 19TH COLDEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 17.5 IN 1983) (COLDEST SINCE 28.1 IN 2016) YEAR 60.4 59.9 +0.5 TIED FOR THE 24TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 63.4 TIED IN 2006) (WARMEST SINCE 62.6 IN 2021) ...SHERIDAN 2022 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES... 1 - 104 SEPTEMBER 7 2 - 104 AUGUST 10 3 - 104 JULY 18 ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...107 ON JULY 27 2021 ...SHERIDAN 2022 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 104 ON JULY 17 (TIED RECORD IN 1977) 104 ON JULY 18 (TIED RECORD IN 1936) 101 ON AUGUST 4 (OLD RECORD 100 IN 1941) 101 ON SEPTEMBER 3 (OLD RECORD 99 IN 1950) 104 ON SEPTEMBER 7 (OLD RECORD 98 IN 1947) ...SHERIDAN 2022 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES... 1 - -6 DECEMBER 21 2 - -5 DECEMBER 22 3 - -5 JANUARY 5 ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...-19 ON FEBRUARY 2 1989 ...SHERIDAN 2022 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 21 ON APRIL 13 (OLD RECORD 26 IN 2020) 26 ON APRIL 14 (OLD RECORD 30 IN 2000) 26 ON APRIL 15 (OLD RECORD 32 IN 2013) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2022 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 12.9 11.7 +1.2 TIED FOR THE 36TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 22.1 IN 2006) (WARMEST SINCE 16.7 IN 2021) FEBRUARY 10.6 13.7 -3.1 TIED FOR THE 43RD COLDEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS -8.7 IN 1936) (COLDEST SINCE 3.3 IN 2021) MARCH 22.1 22.4 -0.3 TIED FOR THE 50TH WARMEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 30.7 IN 1986) (WARMEST SINCE 23.7 IN 2021) APRIL 26.0 29.7 -3.7 7TH COLDEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 24.3 IN 2020) (COLDEST SINCE 24.3 IN 2020) MAY 37.6 38.7 -1.1 TIED FOR THE 29TH COLDEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 34.8 IN 1909) (COLDEST SINCE 36.0 IN 2019) JUNE 46.5 46.8 -0.3 TIED FOR THE 43RD COLDEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 42.7 TIED IN 1998) (COLDEST SINCE 45.9 IN 2019) JULY 55.1 53.5 +1.6 TIED FOR THE 36TH WARMEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 60.0 IN 1936) (WARMEST SINCE 57.1 IN 2021) AUGUST 55.5 51.5 +4.0 11TH WARMEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 60.5 IN 1983) (WARMEST SINCE 56.7 IN 2003) SEPTEMBER 47.4 42.5 +4.9 4TH WARMEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 50.6 IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 48.3 IN 1998) OCTOBER 33.5 31.0 +2.5 31ST WARMEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 38.9 IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 35.4 IN 2021) NOVEMBER 14.1 19.9 -5.8 TIED FOR THE 9TH COLDEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 6.0 IN 1985) (COLDEST SINCE 10.5 IN 2000) DECEMBER 7.5 12.2 -4.7 26TH COLDEST OUT OF 116 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS -3.9 IN 1983) (COLDEST SINCE 2.7 IN 2016) YEAR 30.9 31.2 -0.3 TIED FOR THE 52ND COLDEST OUT OF 115 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 26.7 IN 1916) (COLDEST SINCE 29.7 IN 2019) ...SHERIDAN 2022 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES... 1 - 65 JUNE 18 2 - 64 AUGUST 12 3 - 64 AUGUST 11 ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...76 ON JULY 28 1935 ...SHERIDAN 2022 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 58 ON SEPTEMBER 14 (OLD RECORD 55 IN 1959) ...SHERIDAN 2022 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES... 1 - -23 DECEMBER 23 2 - -23 DECEMBER 22 3 - -23 FEBRUARY 23 ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...-41 ON DECEMBER 9 1919 ...SHERIDAN 2022 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... -23 ON FEBRUARY 23 (OLD RECORD -18 IN 1922) 6 ON APRIL 14 (TIED RECORD IN 2020) 10 ON APRIL 16 (OLD RECORD 13 IN 1951) -7 ON NOVEMBER 18 (OLD RECORD -3 IN 1978) $$