Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS55 KRIW 111859 CLMBYG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1252 PM MDT SUN JUN 11 2023 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 ...BUFFALO WAS WETTER AND MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL IN MAY... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN MAY WAS 57.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 5.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE WARMEST MAY ON RECORD. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 83 DEGREES ON THE 22ND. THE HIGH ON THE 3RD OF 79 DEGREES TIED THE OLD RECORD FROM 2000. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 36 DEGREES ON THE 1ST. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 3.31 INCHES...WHICH IS 121 PERCENT OF NORMAL THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 10T-11TH WITH 1.27 INCHES. THE 26TH HAD 1.27 INCHES WHICH BROKE THE 2008 RECORD OF 0.78. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 51 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 26TH. ...THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 91 05/13/2001 LOW 17 05/02/2005 HIGHEST 83 05/22 LOWEST 36 05/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 69.4 62.8 6.6 AVG. MINIMUM 46.5 41.1 5.4 MEAN 57.9 52.0 5.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.74 2011 MINIMUM 0.31 2009 TOTALS 3.31 2.73 0.58 2.88 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.09 0.02 DAYS >= .01 13 DAYS >= .10 6 DAYS >= .50 2 DAYS >= 1.00 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.27 05/10 TO 05/11 STORM TOTAL 1.02 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 218 412 -194 SINCE 7/1 6929 7138 -209 COOLING TOTAL 5 7 -2 SINCE 1/1 5 7 -2 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/320 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/190 DATE 05/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/180 DATE 05/26 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.30 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 14 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 19 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO JUNE 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 68 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 46 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 80 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 54. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 2.07 INCHES. $$