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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1103 AM MST WED FEB 01 2023

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

...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 MUCH COLDER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN JANUARY...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR RIVERTON IN JANUARY WAS 9.4 DEGREES
WHICH WAS 9.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. IT WAS THE 2ND COLDEST JANUARY
ON RECORD. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 37 DEGREES ON THE
11TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 31 DEGREE BELOW ZERO ON THE 31ST
WHICH BROKE THE 2002 RECORD OF 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THIS ALSO SET
A NEW ALL-TIME DAILY LOW FOR THE MONTH...BREAKING 25 BELOW SET BACK
IN 2017 ON JANUARY 6TH. THE 9TH HAD A LOW OF 5 BELOW WHICH BROKE THE
2010 RECORD OF 4 BELOW. THE 19TH LOW OF 8 BELOW BROKE THE 2008
RECORD OF 5 BELOW ZERO. THE 30TH LOW OF 29 BELOW BROKE THE 2002
RECORD OF 8 BELOW.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.46 INCHES...WHICH IS 503 PERCENT
OF NORMAL...MAKING IT THE WETTEST JANUARY ON RECORD. THE WETTEST 24-
HOUR PERIOD OCCURRED ON THE 11TH WITH 0.62 INCHES. THIS BROKE THE
2005 RECORD OF 0.13. THE 1ST HAD 0.43 INCHES WHICH BROKE THE 2001
RECORD OF 0.03. THE 2ND HAD 0.24 BREAKING 0.18 FROM 2017 AND THE
28TH HAD 0.10 INCHES AND BROKE 0.09 FROM 2019.

SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 27.5 INCHES...MAKING IT THE JANUARY ON
RECORD. THE SNOWIEST DAY WAS ON THE 2ND WITH 7.8 INCHES. THIS BROKE
THE 2017 RECORD OF 3.1 INCHES. THE 1ST HAD 6.7 INCHES OF SNOW AND
BROKE THE 2001 RECORD OF 1.5. THE 11TH HAD 7.1 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH
BROKE 2.2 INCHES FROM 2007. THE 28TH HAD 3.6 INCHES AND BROKE THE
2019 RECORD OF 1.2. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST OCCURRED ON THE 28TH WITH
37 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST.

...THE RIVERTON WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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             63   01/01/1997
                       01/01/1997
 LOW             -31   01/31/2023
HIGHEST           37   01/11
LOWEST           -31R  01/31
AVG. MAXIMUM    17.8               30.6   -12.8
AVG. MINIMUM     0.9                7.9    -7.0
MEAN             9.4               19.2    -9.8
DAYS MAX >= 90     0
DAYS MAX <= 32    30
DAYS MIN <= 32    31
DAYS MIN <= 0     15

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        1.01   2017
 MINIMUM        0.01   1999
TOTALS          1.46               0.29    1.17     0.28
DAILY AVG.      0.05               0.01    0.04
DAYS >= .01        8
DAYS >= .10        4
DAYS >= .50        1
DAYS >= 1.00       0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.62   01/11 TO 01/11
 STORM TOTAL    0.62

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS          27.5R                MM      MM
SINCE 7/1       52.7                 MM      MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.    13
DAYS >= 1.0        4

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1717               1418     299
 SINCE 7/1      5086               4723     363
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0
..............................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.2
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION   2/320
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    29/290    DATE  01/04
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    37/110    DATE  01/28

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           13
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         10

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     85

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0
LIGHT RAIN                0     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       4
LIGHT SNOW               16     SLEET                      0
FOG                      27     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     19
HAZE                      6

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

LOOKING AHEAD TO FEBRUARY 2023...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 32 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IS 9 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 41 DEGREES
AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 16. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION IS 0.40 INCHES.

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