823  
CXUS55 KRIW 291807  
CLABYG  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY  
1034 AM MST THU JAN 29 2026  
   
..PRELIMINARY ANNUAL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO FOR 2025
 
 
...13TH WARMEST YEAR AT 47.1F. (0.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL)  
...18TH WARMEST SUMMER AT 67.6F.  
...14TH WETTEST YEAR WITH 11.51 INCHES. (91.7% OF NORMAL)  
 
...HOT AND COLD MONTHS: 4TH COLDEST JAN, 3RD COLDEST FEB, 8TH  
WARMEST MAR AND MAY, 10TH COLDEST JUL AND AUGUST, 8TH WARMEST  
SEPTEMBER, 5TH WARMEST NOVEMBER, AND 1ST WARMEST DECEMBER.  
 
...WET AND DRY MONTHS: 1ST DRIEST JAN (T 2004), 2ND DRIEST FEB (T  
2019), 4TH WETTEST JUL, 10TH DRIEST AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 3RD  
WETTEST OCTOBER, AND 3RD DRIEST NOVEMBER.  
 
...HOT DAYS: FEB 23RD 61F, MAR 27TH 77F, APR 11TH 79F (T 2012), APR  
15TH 69F (T 2006), MAY 10TH 82F, MAY 11TH 85F, JUN 13TH 86F, JUN  
20TH 91F, AUG 19TH 97F, AUG 20TH 99F, OCT 3RD 86F, NOV 14TH 70F (T  
1999); DEC 11TH 64F, DEC 14TH 67F, DEC 16TH 60F, DEC 23 63F, DEC  
24TH 68F, DEC 25TH 61F, DEC 26TH 54F, AND DEC 31ST 55F.  
 
...COLD DAYS: JAN 19TH -9F, JAN 20TH -13F, JUN 22ND 40F, JUN 23RD  
37F, JUL 17TH 48F, SEP 6TH 39F, AND DEC 28TH -5F.  
 
...WET DAYS: MAR 6TH 0.20”, MAR 30TH 0.34”, JUL 30TH 0.54”, JUL 31ST  
0.43”, OCT 15TH 0.44”, OCT 16TH 0.78”, OCT 27TH 0.38”, AND DEC 9TH  
0.04”.  
 
...PEAK WIND: 80 MPH: DECEMBER 17TH: 330 DEGREES, DEC 18TH: 320  
DEGREES, DEC 19TH: 240 DEGREES.  
 
   
..THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2025
 
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1998 TO 2026  
 
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S  
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE  
NORMAL    
..........................................................
 
 
TEMPERATURE (F)  
RECORD  
HIGH 104 07/14/2002  
LOW -25 01/15/2024  
HIGHEST 99 MM  
LOWEST -17 MM  
AVG. MAXIMUM 58.9 1.3  
AVG. MINIMUM 35.3 0.1  
MEAN 47.1  
 
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)  
RECORD  
MAXIMUM 22.56 2023  
MINIMUM 6.28 2021  
TOTALS 11.51 12.55 -1.04  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING TOTAL 6879  
COOLING TOTAL 494    
..........................................................
 
 
WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 61/240 DATE 12/19  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 80/330 DATE 12/17  
80/320 12/18  
80/240 12/19  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH  
THUNDERSTORM 51 MIXED PRECIP 0  
HEAVY RAIN 10 RAIN 25  
LIGHT RAIN 106 FREEZING RAIN 0  
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0  
HEAVY SNOW 8 SNOW 18  
LIGHT SNOW 68 SLEET 0  
FOG 105 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 21  
HAZE 19  
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 

 
 
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