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CXUS55 KRIW 020125
CLMP60
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
527 PM MST THU FEB 01 2024
...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE FOR THE
MONTH OF JANUARY 2024...
...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024 WILL BE
AVAILABLE APPROXIMATELY IN 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
..LAKE YELLOWSTONE WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN JANUARY
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE IN JANUARY WAS 13.3 DEGREES
WHICH IS 1.3 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING OF THE MONTH
WAS 41 DEGREES ON THE 29TH. THE COLDEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS ON
THE 13TH WITH 33 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THERE WERE SEVERAL TEMPERATURE
RECORDS BROKEN:
DATE NEW OLD YEAR
LOW 13TH -33 -20 2013
HIGH 22ND 34 TIE 34 2005
28TH 35 TIE 35 2016
29TH 41 35 2018
30TH 34 TIE 34 2018
31ST 37 TIE 37 2003
TOTAL PRECIPITATION AT LAKE YELLOWSTONE WAS 1.18 INCHES... WHICH WAS
66 PERCENT OF NORMAL.THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD DURING THE MONTH WAS
THE 10TH WHEN 0.30 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. NO PRECIPITATION
RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 35 MPH
FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THE 12TH.
...THE LAKE YELLOWSTONE WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY
2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1998 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 42 01/27/2015
01/20/2005
01/16/1974
LOW -42 01/30/2023
HIGHEST 41 01/29
LOWEST -33 01/13
AVG. MAXIMUM 23.8 23.0 0.8
AVG. MINIMUM 2.8 1.0 1.8
MEAN 13.3 12.0 1.3
DAYS MAX >= 90 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 24
DAYS MIN <= 32 31
DAYS MIN <= 0 13
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 2.81 2020
MINIMUM 0.14 2009
TOTALS 1.18 1.80 -0.62 1.53
DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.06 -0.02
DAYS >= .01 18
DAYS >= .10 4
DAYS >= .50 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.30 01/10 TO 01/10
STORM TOTAL 0.30
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1596 1643 -47
SINCE 7/1 6113 6762 -649
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.4
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 0/100
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 17/280 DATE 01/12
17/300 01/09
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/310 DATE 01/12
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.00
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 31
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 79
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 18 SLEET 0
FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 0
- 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 23 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IS 0 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 30 DEGREES
AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 3 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION IS 1.70 INCHES.
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