CXUS55 KBYZ 011105 CLMSHR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 503 AM MDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SHERIDAN WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1907 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 70 03/18 LOWEST 7 03/25 AVG. MAXIMUM 49.5 49.0 0.5 AVG. MINIMUM 24.4 22.4 2.0 MEAN 36.9 35.7 1.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 DAYS MIN <= 32 28 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 0.81 1.02 -0.21 DAYS >= .01 10 DAYS >= .10 3 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.30 03/31 TO 03/31 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 863 908 -45 SINCE 7/1 5546 6357 -811 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/210 DATE 03/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/200 DATE 03/02 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 60 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 5 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 11 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...MARCH 2024 MONTH IN REVIEW FOR SHERIDAN... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR SHERIDAN FOR MARCH 2024. ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND ALL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES. NORMALS ARE 30 YEAR AVERAGES CALCULATED FROM 1991 TO 2020. MONTHLY RANKINGS FOR PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES USE A PERIOD OF RECORD THAT STARTED IN MAY 1934 AT OR NEAR THE SHERIDAN AIRPORT. NUMBERS DENOTED WITH AN * IS MISSING DATA IN THE CALCULATION. ...SHERIDAN MONTHLY PRECIPITATION... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MARCH 0.81 1.02 -0.21 TIED FOR THE 45TH DRIEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.14 IN 1978) (DRIEST SINCE 0.55 IN 2020) ...SHERIDAN MARCH 2024 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... NONE ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MARCH 37.0 35.7 +1.3 TIED FOR THE 30TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 45.5 IN 2012) (WARMEST SINCE 37.1 IN 2021) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MARCH 49.5 49.0 +0.5 34TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 61.8 IN 2012) (WARMEST SINCE 50.9 IN 2022) ...SHERIDAN MARCH 2024 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...SHERIDAN MARCH 2024 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MARCH 24.4 22.4 +2.0 TIED FOR THE 25TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 30.7 IN 1986) (WARMEST SINCE 28.9 IN 2017) ...SHERIDAN MARCH 2024 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...SHERIDAN MARCH 2024 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE $$