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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1044 AM MDT WED AUG 02 2023

...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE FOR THE
MONTH OF JULY 2023...

...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023 WILL BE
AVAILABLE APPROXIMATELY IN 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

...LAKE YELLOWSTONE WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN JULY...

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE IN JULY WAS 57.2 DEGREES
WHICH IS 1.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING OF THE MONTH
WAS 83 DEGREES ON THE 23RD. THE COLDEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS ON
THE 7TH WITH 33 DEGREES. THE LOW ON THE 6TH WAS 34 DEGREES AND TIED
2020.

TOTAL PRECIPITATION AT LAKE YELLOWSTONE WAS 0.42 INCHES... WHICH WAS
28 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD DURING THE MONTH
WAS THE 1ST WHEN 0.23 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THIS BROKE THE
2020 RECORD OF 0.11 INCHES. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 41 MPH FROM
THE WEST ON THE 5TH.

...THE LAKE YELLOWSTONE WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY
2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1998 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             86   07/14/2002
                       07/31/2000
 LOW              27   07/12/2008
HIGHEST           83   07/23
LOWEST            33   07/07
AVG. MAXIMUM    75.2               72.2     3.0
AVG. MINIMUM    39.2               38.7     0.5
MEAN            57.2               55.5     1.7
DAYS MAX >= 90     0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0
DAYS MIN <= 0      0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        2.42   2007
 MINIMUM        0.17   2022
TOTALS          0.42               1.51   -1.09     0.17
DAILY AVG.      0.02               0.05   -0.03
DAYS >= .01        5
DAYS >= .10        2
DAYS >= .50        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.23   07/01 TO 07/01
 STORM TOTAL    0.23

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    212                296     -84
 SINCE 7/1       212                294     -82
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0
..............................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              2.3
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION   0/100
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    23/290    DATE  07/05
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    41/290    DATE  07/05

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.00
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           30
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              0
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          0

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     56

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              1     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                5     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       0     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      0

-  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 74 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IS 40 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 67
DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 34 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.34 INCHES.

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