Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
241 CXUS55 KRIW 032047 AAA CLMLND CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 239 PM MST FRI DEC 01 2023 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LANDER FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 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 ...LANDER WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN NOVEMBER.... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LANDER IN NOVEMBER WAS 34 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 62 DEGREES ON THE 6TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 1 DEGREE BELOW ZERO ON THE 26TH, 27TH, 28TH AND 29TH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.26 INCHES...WHICH IS 162 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 23RD-24TH WHEN 1.21 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE 23RD HAD 1.03 INCHES AND BROKE THE 1992 RECORD OF 0.54. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 22.9 INCHES WHICH IS 216 PERCENT OF NORMAL. IT WAS THE 5TH SNOWIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD. THE SNOWIEST 24- HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 23RD WHEN 18.8 INCHES FELL. IT BROKE THE 1992 RECORD OF 10.6 INCHES. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST OCCURRED ON THE 11TH WITH 48 MPH FROM THE WEST. ...THE LANDER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1891 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 71 11/01/2014 LOW -18 11/13/2014 11/23/1985 11/15/1978 HIGHEST 62 11/06 LOWEST -1 11/27 11/28 11/29 AVG. MAXIMUM 46.0 44.3 1.7 AVG. MINIMUM 22.0 19.9 2.1 MEAN 34.0 32.1 1.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 7 DAYS MIN <= 32 24 DAYS MIN <= 0 4 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.37 1983 MINIMUM 0.00 1939 TOTALS 1.26 0.78 0.48 1.07 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.03 0.01 DAYS >= .01 3 DAYS >= .10 2 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.21 11/23 TO 11/24 STORM TOTAL 1.25 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 22.9 10.6 12.3 SINCE 7/1 24.2 22.6 1.6 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 4 DAYS >= 1.0 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 925 987 -62 SINCE 7/1 1608 1827 -219 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 361 485 -124 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/250 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/290 DATE 11/11 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/280 DATE 11/11 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.17 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 4 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 56 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO DECEMBER 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 37 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 14 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 32 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 9. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.63 INCHES. THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL IS 9.3 INCHES. $$