CXUS55 KRIW 031627 CLMBYG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1012 AM MDT FRI MAY 03 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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 ...BUFFALO WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN APRIL... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN APRIL WAS 45 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 76 DEGREES ON THE 12TH AND 14TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 19 DEGREES ON THE 18TH AND 20TH. THE LOW ON THE 19TH OF 20 DEGREES BROKE THE 2021 RECORD OF 21. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.57 INCHES...WHICH IS 39 PERCENT OF NORMAL THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 16TH-17TH WITH 0.32 INCHES. AND BROKE THE 2011 RECORD OF 0.26. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 64 MPH OCCURRING ON THE 6TH FROM THE NORTHWEST. ...THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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 84 04/28/2018 LOW 2 04/02/2020 HIGHEST 76 04/12 04/14 LOWEST 19 04/18 04/20 AVG. MAXIMUM 56.9 53.4 3.5 AVG. MINIMUM 33.0 32.3 0.7 MEAN 45.0 42.9 2.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 16 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.38 1999 MINIMUM 0.21 2007 TOTALS 0.57 1.46 -0.89 0.72 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.05 -0.03 DAYS >= .01 9 DAYS >= .10 2 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.32 04/16 TO 04/17 STORM TOTAL 0.31 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 592 665 -73 SINCE 7/1 6116 6725 -609 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.8 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 7/330 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/340 DATE 04/06 39/350 04/16 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 64/340 DATE 04/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.33 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 15 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 57 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 6 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 58 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 36 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 58 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 46. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 2.73 INCHES. $$