Several Records Broken & August 2011 Climate Summaries

The following table shows the warmest Augusts on record,
and records for consecutive days equal to or above 80 degrees F:

Casper			Lander			Riverton (downtown)			Rock Springs
Rank	Avg. Temp.	Year	Rank	Avg. Temp.	Year	Rank	Avg. Temp	Year	Rank	Avg. Temp	Year
1	74.7	1983	1	74.0	1983	1	73.7	2003	1	70.7	2003
2	73.7	1982	2	73.5	2003	2	73.0	2000	2	70.3	1969. 2011
3	73.4	1994	3	73.3	1982	3	72.9	2001	4	70.1	1970
4	73.2	1955	4	73.1	1969	4	71.8	2011	5	69.9	1971
5	72.6	1995	5	72.9	2000, 2001	5	71.4	2007	6	69.4	2000
6	72.4	2000,2003	7	72.8	1970	6	71.3	1922	7	69.2	2001, 2007
8	72.2	1970	8	72.7	2011	7	71.0	1999	9	69.1	1958
9	72.1	1961	9	72.6	1971	8	70.9	1983	10	68.1	1994
10	72.0	2001,1991	10	72.4	1984	9	70.7	1929, 1969,1971
12	71.8	1969	11	72.0	1955	12	70.6	1970
13	71.7	1943, 2011	12	71.8	1995	13	70.4	1982, 1995
Casper set a new record with 63 consecutive days of maximum temperatures greater or equal to 80 degrees ending on September 2, 2011. The old record was 60 days, set in 2000.			Lander set a new record with 68 consecutive days of maximum temperatures greater or equal to 80 degrees ending on September 2, 2011. The old record was 64 days, set in 2000.			Riverton set new record with 73 consecutive days of maximum temperatures greater or equal to 80 degrees ending on September 2, 2011. The old record was 71 days, set in 1969.			Rock Springs set new record with 51 consecutive days of maximum temperatures greater or equal to 80 degrees ending on September 2, 2011. The old record was 42 days, set in 1967.

The August 2011 climate summaries for Casper, Lander, Riverton, Rock Spings, and Worland are now available online.

Photo: Reid Wolcott, NWS
NWS Office, Riverton, August 2011