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CXUS55 KRIW 031752 CCA
CLMBYG
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1045 AM MST MON NOV 03 2025
...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO FOR THE MONTH OF
OCTOBER 2025...
...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 WARMER THAN NORMAL IN OCTOBER
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN OCTOBER WAS 47.7 DEGREES
WHICH IS 1.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH
WAS 86 DEGREES ON THE 3RD WHICH BROKE THE 2010 RECORD OF 85. THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 25 DEGREES ON THE 31ST.
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 2.32 INCHES...WHICH IS 230 PERCENT
OF NORMAL. IT WAS THE 3RD WETTEST OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN
1998. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 15TH-16TH WITH 1.17
INCHES. THE 15TH HAD 0.44 INCHES AND BROKE 0.38 FROM 2004. THE 16TH
HAD 0.78 INCHES AND BROKE 0.49 FROM 1998. THE 27TH HAD 0.38 INCHES
AND BROKE THE 2003 RECORD OF 0.02. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 64 MPH
OCCURRING ON THE 19TH FROM THE NORTHWEST.
..THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 88 10/10/2015
LOW -3 10/29/2019
HIGHEST 86 10/03
LOWEST 25 10/31
AVG. MAXIMUM 59.0 57.2 1.8
AVG. MINIMUM 36.4 35.2 1.2
MEAN 47.7 46.2 1.5
DAYS MAX >= 90 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 11
DAYS MIN <= 0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 3.33 2023
MINIMUM 0.21 2014
TOTALS 2.32 1.01 1.31 0.78
DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.03 0.04
DAYS >= .01 8
DAYS >= .10 5
DAYS >= .50 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.17 10/15 TO 10/16
STORM TOTAL 0.78
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 534 586 -52
SINCE 7/1 664 856 -192
COOLING TOTAL 5 3 2
SINCE 1/1 494 528 -34
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/310
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/330 DATE 10/12
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 64/310 DATE 10/19
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.29
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 4
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 57
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 6
LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0
FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2
HAZE 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
LOOKING AHEAD TO NOVEMBER 2025. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 51 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IS 30 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 39
DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 20. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION IS 0.36 INCHES.
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