Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
921 CXUS55 KRIW 031643 CLMLND CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1012 AM MDT FRI MAY 03 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LANDER FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024 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 ...LANDER WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN APRIL.... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LANDER IN APRIL WAS 46.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 75 DEGREES ON THE 14TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 23 DEGREES ON THE 18TH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.20 INCHES...WHICH IS 58 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 26TH-27TH WHEN 0.87 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. NO PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 2.8 INCHES WHICH IS JUST 17 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 17TH-18TH WHEN 1.4 INCHES FELL. SNOWFALL FOR MARCH IS ESTIMATED BASED ON SURROUNDING OBSERVATIONS. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 56 MPH AND OCCURRED ON THE 5TH FROM THE SOUTH. ...THE LANDER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1891 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 83 04/23/2012 LOW -11 04/02/1936 04/22/1892 HIGHEST 75 04/14 LOWEST 23 04/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.6 56.2 3.4 AVG. MINIMUM 33.1 30.3 2.8 MEAN 46.4 43.2 3.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 14 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.19 1900 MINIMUM 0.10 1930 TOTALS 1.20 2.07 -0.87 2.83 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.07 -0.03 DAYS >= .01 9 DAYS >= .10 3 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.87 04/26 TO 04/27 STORM TOTAL 0.65 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 2.8 16.4 -13.6 SINCE 7/1 69.3 83.0 -13.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= 1.0 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 554 652 -98 SINCE 7/1 6730 7202 -472 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/240 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/170 DATE 04/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/170 DATE 04/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.33 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 49 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 60 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 34 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 72 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 44. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 2.68 INCHES. THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL IS 4.5 INCHES. $$