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CLIMATE REPORT...RETRANSMIT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
328 PM MDT FRI APR 3 2009
...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR HUNT FIELD IN LANDER FOR
FEBRUARY 2009...
...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2009 WILL BE
AVAILABLE APPROXIMATELY IN APRIL 2009 FROM THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC
DATA CENTER (HTTP://WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/OL/CLIMATEDATA.HTML).
UNOFFICIAL ASOS DAILY SUMMARIES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/RIW/CLIMATE/...
...LANDER WAS DRIER AND MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL FOR THE MONTH
OF FEBRUARY...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LANDER WAS 31.7 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 6.1
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST READING WAS 59 DEGREES WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 23TH. THE LOWEST READING WAS 7 DEGREES...WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 21ST.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS A TRACE...WHICH WAS 0.54 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW FELL IN FEBRUARY. THE NORMAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNT IS 9.2 INCHES. THE SNOWFALL AMOUNT SO FAR FOR THE
SEASON...AT THE END OF FEBRUARY...WAS 47.5 INCHES. THIS WAS 10.5
INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THE PEAK WIND GUST OCCURRED ON THE 26TH OF THE MONTH...AND THIS WAS
FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 43 MPH.
..THE LANDER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2009
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2009
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 68 02/10/1951
02/27/1932
LOW -40 02/08/1936
HIGHEST 59 02/23 MM MM
LOWEST 7 02/21 MM MM
AVG. MAXIMUM 45.0 37.4 7.6
AVG. MINIMUM 18.5 13.9 4.6
MEAN 31.7 25.6 6.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 28
DAYS MIN <= 0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 2.32 1911
MINIMUM 0.00 1970
TOTALS T 0.54 -0.54
DAILY AVG. T 0.02 -0.02
DAYS >= .01 0
DAYS >= .10 0
DAYS >= .50 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS T 9.2 -9.2
SINCE 7/1 47.5 58.0 -10.5
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 923 1118 -195
SINCE 7/1 5069 5737 -668
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/220 DATE 02/26
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/220 DATE 02/26
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 26
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 2
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 47
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 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0
FOG 3 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 3
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
LOOKING AHEAD TO MARCH 2009. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 42 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IS 18 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 52
DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW IS 27 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION IS 1.24 INCHES...WITH 17.5 INCHES OF SNOW.
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