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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1045 AM MST MON NOV 03 2025

...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO FOR THE MONTH OF
OCTOBER 2025...

...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2025 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 WETTER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL IN OCTOBER...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN OCTOBER WAS 47.7 DEGREES
WHICH IS 1.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH
WAS 86 DEGREES ON THE 3RD WHICH BROKE THE 2010 RECORD OF 85. THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 25 DEGREES ON THE 31ST.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 2.32 INCHES...WHICH IS 230 PERCENT
OF NORMAL. IT WAS THE 3RD WETTEST OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN
1998. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 15TH-16TH WITH 1.17
INCHES. THE 15TH HAD 0.44 INCHES AND BROKE 0.38 FROM 2004. THE 16TH
HAD 0.78 INCHES AND BROKE 0.49 FROM 1998. THE 27TH HAD 0.38 INCHES
AND BROKE THE 2003 RECORD OF 0.02. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 64 MPH
OCCURRING ON THE 19TH FROM THE NORTHWEST.

...THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2025...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1998 TO 2025

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             88   10/10/2015
 LOW              -3   10/29/2019
HIGHEST           86   10/03
LOWEST            25   10/31
AVG. MAXIMUM    59.0               57.2     1.8
AVG. MINIMUM    36.4               35.2     1.2
MEAN            47.7               46.2     1.5
DAYS MAX >= 90     0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0
DAYS MIN <= 32    11
DAYS MIN <= 0      0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        3.33   2023
 MINIMUM        0.21   2014
TOTALS          2.32               1.01    1.31     0.78
DAILY AVG.      0.07               0.03    0.04
DAYS >= .01        8
DAYS >= .10        5
DAYS >= .50        1
DAYS >= 1.00       0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.17   10/15 TO 10/16
 STORM TOTAL    0.78


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    534                586     -52
 SINCE 7/1       664                856    -192
COOLING TOTAL      5                  3       2
 SINCE 1/1       494                528     -34
..............................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.5
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION   3/310
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/330    DATE  10/12
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    64/310    DATE  10/19

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.29
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           21
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              4
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          6

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     57

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       6
LIGHT RAIN               11     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                1     SLEET                      0
FOG                       7     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                      0

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

LOOKING AHEAD TO NOVEMBER 2025. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 51 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IS 30 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 39
DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 20. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION IS 0.36 INCHES.

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