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CXUS55 KRIW 020106
CLMCPR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
527 PM MST THU FEB 01 2024
...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR CASPER FOR THE MONTH OF
JANUARY 2024...
...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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
..JANUARY WAS COLDER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR CASPER
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR CASPER IN JANUARY WAS 22.3 DEGREES WHICH
WAS 2.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS
56 DEGREES ON THE 31ST. THE 29TH HIT 53 DEGREES AND TIED THE 1971
RECORD. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 37 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE
13TH. NO OTHER TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN.
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.36 INCHES...WHICH IS 73 PERCENT OF
NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 11TH WHEN 0.15 INCHES
FELL. NO PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN.
SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 6.5 INCHES WHICH IS 72 PERCENT OF NORMAL.
THE SNOWIEST 24-HOURS WAS ON THE 11TH WITH 2.1 INCHES. THE HIGHEST
WIND GUST WAS 53 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 9TH.
..THE CASPER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 60 01/31/1971
01/30/1971
LOW -40 01/14/1972
01/13/1972
01/24/1949
HIGHEST 56 01/31
LOWEST -37 01/13
AVG. MAXIMUM 34.0 35.2 -1.2
AVG. MINIMUM 10.7 15.0 -4.3
MEAN 22.3 25.1 -2.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 12
DAYS MIN <= 32 28
DAYS MIN <= 0 8
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 1.99 2023
MINIMUM 0.03 2004
TOTALS 0.36 0.49 -0.13 1.99
DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.02 -0.01
DAYS >= .01 7
DAYS >= .10 1
DAYS >= .50 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.15 01/11 TO 01/11
STORM TOTAL 0.15
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS 6.5 9.0 -2.5
SINCE 7/1 20.8 37.4 -16.6
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1
DAYS >= 1.0 3
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1315 1237 78
SINCE 7/1 3994 4293 -299
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.8
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 9/220
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/220 DATE 01/09
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/210 DATE 01/09
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.25
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 20
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66
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 1
LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 0
FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 8
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
LOOKING AHEAD TO FEBRUARY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 36 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IS 15 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 42
DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 18. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION IS 0.56 INCHES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY SNOWFALL IS 10.9
INCHES.
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