CXUS55 KRIW 011922 CCA CLMBPI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 113 PM MDT MON APR 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BIG PINEY 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 ...BIG PINEY WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN MARCH... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BIG PINEY IN MARCH WAS 29 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 58 DEGREES ON THE 18TH AND 19TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 11 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 5TH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.53 INCHES...WHICH IS 126 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 31ST WITH 0.17 INCHES. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 56 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 2ND. ...THE BIG PINEY WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1976 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 69 03/31/2015 LOW -23 03/08/1998 03/04/1993 HIGHEST 58 03/18 03/19 LOWEST -11 03/05 AVG. MAXIMUM 43.2 41.1 2.1 AVG. MINIMUM 14.7 12.7 2.0 MEAN 29.0 26.9 2.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 DAYS MIN <= 32 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.81 1983 MINIMUM T 1979 TOTALS 0.53 0.42 0.11 0.34 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.01 0.01 DAYS >= .01 11 DAYS >= .10 2 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.17 03/31 TO 03/31 STORM TOTAL 0.17 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1109 1181 -72 SINCE 7/1 7636 8610 -974 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/310 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/220 DATE 03/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/220 DATE 03/02 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.39 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 14 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 5 - 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 48 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 19 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 56 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 24 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.69 INCHES. $$