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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1034 AM MST THU JAN 29 2026

...PRELIMINARY ANNUAL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO FOR 2025...

...13TH WARMEST YEAR AT 47.1F. (0.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL)
...18TH WARMEST SUMMER AT 67.6F.
...14TH WETTEST YEAR WITH 11.51 INCHES. (91.7% OF NORMAL)

...HOT AND COLD MONTHS: 4TH COLDEST JAN, 3RD COLDEST FEB, 8TH
WARMEST MAR AND MAY, 10TH COLDEST JUL AND AUGUST, 8TH WARMEST
SEPTEMBER, 5TH WARMEST NOVEMBER, AND 1ST WARMEST DECEMBER.

...WET AND DRY MONTHS: 1ST DRIEST JAN (T 2004), 2ND DRIEST FEB (T
2019), 4TH WETTEST JUL, 10TH DRIEST AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 3RD
WETTEST OCTOBER, AND 3RD DRIEST NOVEMBER.

...HOT DAYS: FEB 23RD 61F, MAR 27TH 77F, APR 11TH 79F (T 2012), APR
15TH 69F (T 2006), MAY 10TH 82F, MAY 11TH 85F, JUN 13TH 86F, JUN
20TH 91F, AUG 19TH 97F, AUG 20TH 99F, OCT 3RD 86F, NOV 14TH 70F (T
1999); DEC 11TH 64F, DEC 14TH 67F, DEC 16TH 60F, DEC 23 63F, DEC
24TH 68F, DEC 25TH 61F, DEC 26TH 54F, AND DEC 31ST 55F.

...COLD DAYS: JAN 19TH -9F, JAN 20TH -13F, JUN 22ND 40F, JUN 23RD
37F, JUL 17TH 48F, SEP 6TH 39F, AND DEC 28TH -5F.

...WET DAYS: MAR 6TH 0.20, MAR 30TH 0.34, JUL 30TH 0.54, JUL 31ST
0.43, OCT 15TH 0.44, OCT 16TH 0.78, OCT 27TH 0.38, AND DEC 9TH
0.04.

...PEAK WIND: 80 MPH: DECEMBER 17TH: 330 DEGREES, DEC 18TH: 320
DEGREES, DEC 19TH: 240 DEGREES.


...THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2025...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1998 TO 2026

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            104   07/14/2002
 LOW             -25   01/15/2024
HIGHEST           99                 MM
LOWEST           -17                 MM
AVG. MAXIMUM    58.9                        1.3
AVG. MINIMUM    35.3                        0.1
MEAN            47.1

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       22.56   2023
 MINIMUM        6.28   2021
TOTALS         11.51              12.55   -1.04


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   6879
COOLING TOTAL    494
..............................................................

WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    61/240    DATE  12/19
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    80/330    DATE  12/17
                                80/320          12/18
                                80/240          12/19


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             51     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN               10     RAIN                      25
LIGHT RAIN              106     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                8     SNOW                      18
LIGHT SNOW               68     SLEET                      0
FOG                     105     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     21
HAZE                     19

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

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