Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS55 KRIW 011845 CLMBPI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1235 PM MDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BIG PINEY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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 ...BIG PINEY WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN AUGUST... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BIG PINEY IN AUGUST WAS 61.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 90 DEGREES ON THE 16TH, THIS BROKE THE 2020 RECORD OF 88. THE 15TH HAD 88 DEGREES WHICH BROKE THE 2000 RECORD OF 87. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 37 DEGREES ON THE 9TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.29 INCHES...WHICH IS 148 PERCENT OF NORMAL. IT WAS THE 4TH WETTEST AUGUST SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 22ND WITH 0.44 INCHES. THE 3RD HAD 0.29 INCHES AND BROKE THE 2015 RECORD OF 0.25. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 66 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 22ND. ...THE BIG PINEY WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1976 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 99 08/06/2003 LOW 19 08/27/1992 08/26/1992 HIGHEST 90 08/16 LOWEST 32 08/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.6 79.8 -1.2 AVG. MINIMUM 44.8 40.4 4.4 MEAN 61.7 60.1 1.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.82 1997 MINIMUM T 2020 TOTALS 1.29 0.87 0.42 1.28 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.03 0.01 DAYS >= .01 9 DAYS >= .10 5 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.44 08/22 TO 08/22 STORM TOTAL 0.44 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 105 164 -59 SINCE 7/1 172 277 -105 COOLING TOTAL 12 12 0 SINCE 1/1 47 30 17 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/330 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 48/240 DATE 08/22 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 66/240 DATE 08/22 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.25 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 23 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 59 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 11 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO SEPTEMBER 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 75 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 36 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 63 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 27 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.64 INCHES. $$