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CXUS55 KRIW 291743  
CLARIW  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY  
1034 AM MST THU JAN 29 2026  
   
..PRELIMINARY ANNUAL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR RIVERTON FOR 2025
 
 
...3RD WARMEST YEAR WITH 47.2 DEGREES (2.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL)  
(TIED WITH 2006)  
...8TH HOTTEST AVERAGE SUMMER (JUN – AUG) WITH 70.2 DEGREES (TIED  
2003)  
 
...13TH WETTEST YEAR WITH 9.14 INCHES. (106.8% OF NORMAL)  
...18TH SNOWIEST YEAR WITH 29.4 INCHES (8TH LEAST SNOW)  
...2ND LEAST SNOWY SEASON WITH 30.7 INCHES (2024-2025) (T 2006)  
 
...HOT AND COLD MONTHS: 4TH COLDEST JAN, 7TH WARMEST FEB, 8TH  
WARMEST MAR, 10TH WARMEST JUN, 5TH WARMEST SEPTEMBER, 3RD WARMEST  
NOVEMBER, AND 1ST WARMEST DECEMBER.  
 
...WET AND DRY MONTHS: 4TH WETTEST JAN, 5TH DRIEST FEB, 3RD WETTEST  
MAR, 10TH WETTEST JUN, 7TH WETTEST SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.  
 
...HOT DAYS: FEB 24TH 59F, MAR 27TH 73F, APR 12TH 75F, MAY 10TH 81F  
(T 2012), JUN 1ST 91F, JUN 19TH 95F, JUL 9TH 99F, AUG 7TH 95F, AUG  
19TH 97F, AUG 20TH 99F, OCT 3RD 82F, NOV 2ND 71F (LATEST 70F DAY ON  
RECORD, PREVIOUSLY NOV 1, 2014); NOV 11TH 65F; NOV 14TH 64F (T  
2016); DEC 9TH 58F, DEC 10TH 56F; DEC 11TH 59 (T 2004); DEC 12TH  
59F, DEC 16TH 62F, DEC 17TH 58F (T 2013), DEC 19TH 55F. DEC 21ST  
52F, DEC 22ND 59F, DEC 23RD 57F, DEC 24TH 64F, DEC 25TH 55F, DEC  
26TH 48F, AND DEC 27TH 45 (T 2005).  
 
...COLD DAYS: JAN 19TH -14F, JAN 20TH -19F, JAN 26TH -11F, JUN 23RD  
39F, AUG 3RD 50F, AND AUG 9TH 47F.  
 
...WET DAYS: JAN 17TH 0.11”, JAN 18TH 0.03”, MAR 6TH 0.88”, MAR 14TH  
0.16”, APR 17TH 0.25”, MAY 13TH 0.30”, JUN 5TH 0.34” (T 1999), AUG  
27TH 0.40”, AUG 28TH 0.09 (T 2010), SEP 22ND 0.91”, AND OCT 5TH  
0.78”.  
 
...SNOWY DAYS: 5TH SNOWIEST JAN, JAN 17TH 1.6”, JAN 18TH 0.3” (T  
2007), 4TH LEAST SNOW FEB, 2ND SNOWIEST MAR, MAR 6TH 7.3”, 6TH LEAST  
SNOW APR, AND MAY 6TH 0.9”.  
 
...PEAK WIND: AUGUST 15TH 200/68 MPH. DECEMBER 10TH 250/73 MPH.  
   
..THE RIVERTON WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2025
 
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2026  
 
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S  
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE  
NORMAL    
..........................................................
 
 
TEMPERATURE (F)  
RECORD  
HIGH 102 07/18/2006  
07/15/2006  
07/13/2005  
LOW -31 12/22/2022  
HIGHEST 99 MM  
LOWEST -19 MM  
AVG. MAXIMUM 60.8 2.8  
AVG. MINIMUM 33.6 2.5  
MEAN 47.2  
 
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)  
RECORD  
MAXIMUM 14.97 2017  
MINIMUM 2.87 2012  
TOTALS 9.14 8.56 0.58  
 
SNOWFALL (INCHES)  
RECORDS  
TOTAL 81.5 2023  
TOTALS 29.4  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING TOTAL 6978  
COOLING TOTAL 611    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 48/210 DATE 08/15  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 73/250 DATE 12/10  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH  
THUNDERSTORM 26 MIXED PRECIP 0  
HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 12  
LIGHT RAIN 70 FREEZING RAIN 0  
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0  
HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 12  
LIGHT SNOW 40 SLEET 0  
FOG 65 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 20  
HAZE 21  
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 

 
 
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