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CXUS55 KRIW 012105  
CLMBYG  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY  
258 PM MDT MON SEP 01 2025  
 
...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO FOR THE MONTH OF  
AUGUST 2025...  
 
...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2025 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  
   
..BUFFALO WAS WETTER AND COLDER THAN NORMAL IN AUGUST
 
 
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN AUGUST WAS 69.1 DEGREES WHICH  
IS 0.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS  
99 DEGREES ON THE 20TH AND BROKE THE 2024 RECORD OF 94. THE 19TH  
HIGH OF 97 BROKE THE 1999 AND 2008 RECORD OF 95 DEGREES. THE COLDEST  
TEMPERATURE WAS 46 DEGREES ON THE 9TH.  
 
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.32 INCHES...WHICH IS 43 PERCENT OF  
NORMAL.THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 28TH WITH 0.18 INCHES.  
NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE HIGHEST WIND  
GUST WAS 56 MPH OCCURRING ON THE 21ST FROM THE NORTHWEST.  
   
..THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2025
 
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1998 TO 2025  
 
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S  
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
RECORD  
HIGH 103 08/03/2001  
LOW 36 08/23/2015  
08/17/2002  
08/26/1992  
HIGHEST 99 08/20  
LOWEST 46 08/09  
AVG. MAXIMUM 82.1 83.2 -1.1  
AVG. MINIMUM 56.2 56.7 -0.5  
MEAN 69.1 69.9 -0.8  
DAYS MAX >= 90 4  
DAYS MAX <= 32 0  
DAYS MIN <= 32 0  
DAYS MIN <= 0 0  
 
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)  
RECORD  
MAXIMUM 2.60 2014  
MINIMUM 0.02 2001  
TOTALS 0.32 0.75 -0.43 1.36  
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 0.18 08/28 TO 08/28  
STORM TOTAL 0.18  
 
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING TOTAL 22 37 -15  
SINCE 7/1 41 56 -15  
COOLING TOTAL 157 190 -33  
SINCE 1/1 445 468 -23    
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WIND (MPH)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/300  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/320 DATE 08/13  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/340 DATE 08/21  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.18  
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 26  
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 2  
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3  
 
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 48  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH  
THUNDERSTORM 10 MIXED PRECIP 0  
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1  
LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0  
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0  
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0  
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0  
FOG 2 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 SEPTEMBER 2025. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE  
FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 79 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE  
IS 53 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 65  
DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 41. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY  
PRECIPITATION IS 1.17 INCHES.  
 

 
 
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