Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
798 CXUS55 KRIW 031631 CLMCPR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1012 AM MDT FRI MAY 03 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR CASPER FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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 ...APRIL WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR CASPER... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR CASPER IN APRIL WAS 43.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 76 DEGREES ON THE 12TH AND 14TH. THE 12TH HIGH OF 75 TIED THE 1992 RECORD. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 13 DEGREES ON THE 25TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.22 INCHES...WHICH IS 87 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 6TH WHEN 0.83 INCHES FELL. NO PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 6.6 INCHES WHICH IS 63 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOURS WAS ON THE 6TH WITH 4.8 INCHES. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 47 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 5TH. ...THE CASPER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 84 04/30/1992 LOW -6 04/12/1997 HIGHEST 75 04/12 04/13 04/14 LOWEST 18 04/21 AVG. MAXIMUM 58.5 56.3 2.2 AVG. MINIMUM 28.7 28.2 0.5 MEAN 43.6 42.3 1.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 19 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.75 1941 MINIMUM 0.08 1992 TOTALS 1.22 1.41 -0.19 1.49 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.05 -0.01 DAYS >= .01 9 DAYS >= .10 2 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.83 04/06 TO 04/06 STORM TOTAL 0.83 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 6.6 10.5 -3.9 SINCE 7/1 38.5 69.1 -30.6 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= 1.0 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 633 682 -49 SINCE 7/1 6481 6953 -472 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 4/270 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/200 DATE 04/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/220 DATE 04/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.37 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 15 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 6 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 60 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 32 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 73 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 42. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 2.21 INCHES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY SNOWFALL IS 2.6 INCHES. $$