Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
187 CXUS55 KRIW 031800 CLMBYG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1053 AM MST WED JAN 03 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 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 ...BUFFALO WAS MUCH WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN DECEMBER... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN DECEMBER WAS 35 DEGREES WHICH WAS 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD...BREAKING THE 2020 RECORD OF 33.1 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 58 DEGREES ON THE 6TH AND 16TH. THE 18TH HAD A HIGH OF 56 WHICH BROKE THE 2011 RECORD OF 54. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 11 DEGREES ON THE 24TH AND 25TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.05 INCHES...WHICH IS 29 PERCENT OF NORMAL THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 4TH WITH 0.04 INCHES. THE 9TH HAD 0.01 INCHES WHICH BROKE A TRACE FROM 2012. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 61 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THE 23RD. ...THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1998 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 78 12/01/2021 LOW -24 12/21/1998 HIGHEST 58 12/06 12/16 LOWEST 11 12/24 12/25 AVG. MAXIMUM 45.2 36.8 8.4 AVG. MINIMUM 24.9 17.1 7.8 MEAN 35.0 27.0 8.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 4 DAYS MIN <= 32 27 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 0.54 1999 MINIMUM 0.00 2009 TOTALS 0.05 0.17 -0.12 0.03 DAILY AVG. 0.00 0.01 -0.01 DAYS >= .01 2 DAYS >= .10 0 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.04 12/04 TO 12/04 STORM TOTAL 0.04 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 921 1179 -258 SINCE 7/1 2422 2936 -514 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 403 528 -125 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/300 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/330 DATE 12/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 61/340 DATE 12/23 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.19 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 56 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 6 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO JANUARY 2024. 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 36 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 17. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.23 INCHES. $$