CXUS55 KRIW 012000 CCA CLMP60 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 113 PM MDT MON APR 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024 WILL BE AVAILABLE APPROXIMATELY IN 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 ...LAKE YELLOWSTONE WAS COOLER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN MARCH... AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE IN MARCH WAS 20.7 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS 52 DEGREES ON THE 18TH. THE COLDEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS ON THE 8TH WITH 16 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THE 15TH LOW OF 6 BELOW TIED THE 2002 RECORD. TOTAL PRECIPITATION AT LAKE YELLOWSTONE WAS 4.31 INCHES... WHICH WAS 227 PERCENT OF NORMAL AND THE 2ND WETTEST MARCH SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD DURING THE MONTH WAS THE 5TH-6TH WHEN 0.98 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE 5TH HAD 0.63 INCHES AND BROKE THE 2017 RECORD OF 0.31. THE 1ST HAD 0.73 INCHES AND BROKE THE 2014 RECORD OF 0.27. THE 2ND HAD 0.59 INCHES AND BROKE THE 2004 RECORD OF 0.16. THE 23RD HAD 0.26 INCHES AND BROKE 0.22 FROM 2015. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 34 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 1ST AND FROM THE WEST ON THE 21ST. ...THE LAKE YELLOWSTONE WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1998 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 57 03/27/2022 LOW -34 03/10/2022 03/10/2022 HIGHEST 52 03/18 LOWEST -16 03/08 AVG. MAXIMUM 34.3 34.7 -0.4 AVG. MINIMUM 7.2 7.7 -0.5 MEAN 20.7 21.2 -0.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 14 DAYS MIN <= 32 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 9 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.58 2014 MINIMUM 0.68 1999 TOTALS 4.31 1.90 2.41 4.03 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.06 0.08 DAYS >= .01 19 DAYS >= .10 13 DAYS >= .50 4 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.98 03/05 TO 03/06 STORM TOTAL 0.73 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1368 1358 10 SINCE 7/1 8842 9561 -719 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.1 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/110 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 17/280 DATE 03/21 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 34/220 DATE 03/01 34/270 03/21 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.00 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 31 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 0 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 19 SLEET 0 FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO APRIL 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 38 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 13 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 45 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 21 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 2.28 INCHES. $$