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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1000 AM MDT SAT JUL 01 2023

...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR RIVERTON FOR THE MONTH OF
JUNE 2023...

...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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

...RIVERTON WAS COLDER WITH RECORD RAINFALL IN JUNE...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR RIVERTON IN JUNE WAS 61.1 DEGREES WHICH
WAS 2.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. IT WAS THE 4TH COLDEST JUNE SINCE
RECORDS STARTED IN 1996. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 80
DEGREES ON THE 19TH. THE COLDEST READING WAS 43 DEGREES ON THE 16TH.
NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 3.80 INCHES...WHICH IS 404 PERCENT
OF NORMAL. IT WAS THE 1ST WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD.  THIS BROKE THE
2003 RECORD OF 2.51 INCHES. THE WETTEST 24-HOURS WAS THE 15TH-16TH
WHEN 1.27 INCHES FELL. SEVERAL PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN.


  DATE     RAIN       PREVIOUS      YEAR
  1ST      0.29          0.15       2005
  2ND      0.55          0.24       2009
  10TH     0.26          0.14       2015
  16TH     1.01          0.76       1999
  20TH     0.46          0.36       2004


THE HIGHEST WIND GUST OCCURRED ON THE 10TH WITH 56MPH FROM THE
NORTHEAST.


...THE RIVERTON WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            100   06/15/2021
 LOW              32   06/04/1998
                       06/04/1998
                       06/03/1998
HIGHEST           80   06/19
LOWEST            43   06/16
AVG. MAXIMUM    72.2               78.7    -6.5
AVG. MINIMUM    50.0               48.1     1.9
MEAN            61.1               63.4    -2.3
DAYS MAX >= 90     0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0
DAYS MIN <= 0      0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        2.51   2003
 MINIMUM           T   2012
TOTALS          3.80R              0.94    2.86     0.06
DAILY AVG.      0.13               0.03    0.10
DAYS >= .01       16
DAYS >= .10        9
DAYS >= .50        2
DAYS >= 1.00       1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.27   06/15 TO 06/16
 STORM TOTAL    1.01

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS             T                 MM      MM
SINCE 7/1       87.1                 MM      MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     T
DAYS >= 1.0        0

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    112                115      -3
 SINCE 7/1      9179               7927    1252
COOLING TOTAL      1                 67     -66
 SINCE 1/1         1                 75     -74
..............................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.5
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION   2/340
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/230    DATE  06/23
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    56/010    DATE  06/10

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           15
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             13
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          2

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     65

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             18     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                4     RAIN                       8
LIGHT RAIN               23     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       1
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       9     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 JULY 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 85 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IS 52 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 89
DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 57. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION IS 0.54 INCHES.

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