Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
077 CXUS55 KBYZ 011157 CLMSHR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 456 AM MST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SHERIDAN WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1907 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 64 12/05 LOWEST 7 12/25 AVG. MAXIMUM 48.6 36.7 11.9 AVG. MINIMUM 20.4 12.2 8.2 MEAN 34.5 24.5 10.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 29 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 0.10 0.54 -0.44 DAYS >= .01 4 DAYS >= .10 0 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.04 12/09 TO 12/09 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 937 1257 -320 SINCE 7/1 2461 3090 -629 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 385 442 -57 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/320 DATE 12/03 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/320 DATE 12/03 49/310 12/23 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...DECEMBER 2023 MONTH IN REVIEW FOR SHERIDAN... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR SHERIDAN FOR DECEMBER 2023. ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND ALL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES. NORMALS ARE 30 YEAR AVERAGES CALCULATED FROM 1991 TO 2020. MONTHLY RANKINGS FOR PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES USE A PERIOD OF RECORD THAT STARTED IN MAY 1934 AT OR NEAR THE SHERIDAN AIRPORT. NUMBERS DENOTED WITH AN * IS MISSING DATA IN THE CALCULATION. ...SHERIDAN MONTHLY PRECIPITATION... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING DECEMBER 0.10 0.54 -0.44 TIED FOR THE 2ND DRIEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.03 IN 1930) (DRIEST SINCE 0.10 IN 1986) ...SHERIDAN DECEMBER 2023 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... NONE ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING DECEMBER 34.5 24.5 +10.0 2ND WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 35.0 IN 1957) (WARMEST SINCE 35.0 IN 1957) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING DECEMBER 48.6 36.7 +11.9 RECORD WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (OLD RECORD WARMEST WAS 48.5 IN 1957) ...SHERIDAN DECEMBER 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 63 ON DECEMBER 16 (TIED RECORD IN 1939) 60 ON DECEMBER 20 (TIED RECORD IN 2020) ...SHERIDAN DECEMBER 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING DECEMBER 20.4 12.2 +8.2 2ND WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 21.5 IN 1957) (WARMEST SINCE 21.5 IN 1957) ...SHERIDAN DECEMBER 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...SHERIDAN DECEMBER 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE $$