CXUS55 KRIW 011933 CCA CLMRIW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 113 PM MDT MON APR 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR RIVERTON FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN APPROXIMATELY 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 ...RIVERTON WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN MARCH.... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR RIVERTON IN MARCH WAS 36.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 61 DEGREES ON THE 18TH, 19TH AND 21ST. THE COLDEST READING WAS 12 DEGREES ON THE 5TH.THERE WERE NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN THIS MONTH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.46 INCHES...WHICH IS 71 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOURS WAS THE 31ST WHEN 0.20 INCHES FELL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 3.5 INCHES. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 31ST WITH 1.6 INCHES OF SNOW. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 53 MPH AND OCCURRED ON THE 2ND FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ...THE RIVERTON WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 76 03/31/2012 LOW -13 03/10/2022 03/10/2022 HIGHEST 61 03/18 03/19 03/21 LOWEST 12 03/05 AVG. MAXIMUM 47.9 48.5 -0.6 AVG. MINIMUM 25.4 22.7 2.7 MEAN 36.6 35.6 1.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 30 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.71 2017 MINIMUM T 2004 TOTALS 0.46 0.65 -0.19 0.41 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.02 -0.01 DAYS >= .01 6 DAYS >= .10 2 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.20 03/31 TO 03/31 STORM TOTAL 0.20 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 3.5 MM MM SINCE 7/1 35.7 MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. T DAYS >= 1.0 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 874 912 -38 SINCE 7/1 6458 6790 -332 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/300 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/210 DATE 03/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/200 DATE 03/02 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.31 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 22 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 4 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 59 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 1 SNOW 4 LIGHT SNOW 11 SLEET 0 FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 1 - 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 54 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 27 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 61 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 34. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.20 INCHES. $$