Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS55 KRIW 021949 CLMCPR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1044 AM MDT WED AUG 02 2023 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR CASPER FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 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 ...JULY WAS WETTER AND COLDER THAN NORMAL FOR CASPER... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR CASPER IN JULY WAS 69.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 101 DEGREES ON THE 17TH. THIS BROKE THE 1977 RECORD OF 99 DEGREES. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 40 DEGREES ON THE 17TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.33 INCHES...WHICH IS 112 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 20TH WHEN 0.49 INCHES FELL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 62 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 3RD. ...THE CASPER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 104 07/29/2006 07/16/2005 07/12/1954 LOW 30 07/04/1972 HIGHEST 101 07/17 LOWEST 40 07/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 88.0 89.0 -1.0 AVG. MINIMUM 51.6 53.0 -1.4 MEAN 69.8 71.0 -1.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 16 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.54 2007 MINIMUM 0.02 2020 TOTALS 1.33 1.19 0.14 0.31 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.04 0.00 DAYS >= .01 11 DAYS >= .10 3 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.49 07/20 TO 07/20 STORM TOTAL 0.49 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 23 14 9 SINCE 7/1 23 9 14 COOLING TOTAL 179 200 -21 SINCE 1/1 186 255 -69 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/280 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/310 DATE 07/28 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 62/290 DATE 07/03 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.14 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 27 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 55 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 14 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO AUGUST 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 90 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 55 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 83 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 47. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.79 INCHES. $$