RSS FeedsIssued by NWS Riverton, WY
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
457 PM MST MON NOV 2 2009
...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR RIVERTON REGIONAL AIRPORT
FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009...
...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009 WILL BE AVAILABLE
APPROXIMATELY IN DECEMBER 2009 FROM THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER
(HTTP://WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/OL/CLIMATEDATA.HTML). UNOFFICIAL ASOS
DAILY SUMMARIES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/RIW/CLIMATE/...
...THE RIVERTON AIRPORT WAS COOLER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN OCTOBER...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE RIVERTON AIRPORT WAS 36.9
DEGREES...WHICH WAS 7.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST READING
WAS 69 DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 18TH. THE LOWEST READING WAS
ZERO...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 10TH.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.55 INCHES...WHICH WAS 0.74
INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR OCTOBER...WHICH IS 0.81 INCHES. THE
RIVERTON NWS OFFICE RECORDED 20.7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL.
...THE RIVERTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1995 TO 2009
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 84 10/01/2005
LOW 0 10/10/2009
HIGHEST 69 10/18 MM MM
LOWEST 0 10/10 MM MM
AVG. MAXIMUM 47.2 62.0 -14.8
AVG. MINIMUM 26.6 27.6 -1.0
MEAN 36.9 44.8 -7.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 5
DAYS MIN <= 32 24
DAYS MIN <= 0 1
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 0.84 2006
MINIMUM 0.58 2007
TOTALS 1.55 0.81 0.74
DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.03 0.02
DAYS >= .01 9
DAYS >= .10 2
DAYS >= .50 1
DAYS >= 1.00
1
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS 20.7 2.5 18.2
SINCE 7/1 21.9 3.2 18.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1
DAYS >= 1.0 3
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 860 626 234
SINCE 7/1 1054 941 113
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 360 433 -73
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/310 DATE 10/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/300 DATE 10/24
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 2
LIGHT SNOW 12 SLEET 0
FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4
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 2009. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 52 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IS 21 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 35
DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW IS 7 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION IS 0.47 INCHES.
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