NZUS95 KRIW 031622 LLLRIW WYZ001>020-022>030-040422- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Riverton WY 1022 AM MDT Fri May 3 2024 CLM Summary April 2024 BIG PINEY: ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BIG PINEY 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 ...BIG PINEY WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN APRIL... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BIG PINEY IN APRIL WAS 38.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 69 DEGREES ON THE 12TH. THIS BROKE THE 1998 RECORD OF 67. THE 14TH HIT 68 AND TIED 2002. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 14 DEGREES ON THE 8TH, 11TH AND 21ST. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.41 INCHES…WHICH IS 59 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 26TH-27TH WITH 0.40 INCHES. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 58 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 5TH. ________________________________________ LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 57 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 24 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 67 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 33 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.22 INCHES. BUFFALO: ...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. ________________________________________ 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. CASPER: ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR CASPER 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 …APRIL WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR CASPER... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR CASPER IN APRIL WAS 43.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 76 DEGREES ON THE 12TH AND 14TH. THE 12TH HIGH OF 75 TIED THE 1992 RECORD. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 13 DEGREES ON THE 25TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.22 INCHES...WHICH IS 87 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 6TH WHEN 0.83 INCHES FELL. NO PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 6.6 INCHES WHICH IS 63 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOURS WAS ON THE 6TH WITH 4.8 INCHES. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 47 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 5TH. ________________________________________ LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 60 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 32 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 73 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 42. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 2.21 INCHES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY SNOWFALL IS 2.6 INCHES. GREYBULL: ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR GREYBULL 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 ...GREYBULL WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN APRIL.... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR GREYBULL IN APRIL WAS 48.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 80 DEGREES ON THE 13TH AND TIED THE 2017 RECORD. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 25 DEGREES ON THE 18TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.83 INCHES...WHICH IS 157 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD OCCURRED ON THE 6TH WITH 0.61 INCHES. THE 6TH HAD 0.61 INCHES AND BROKE THE 2021 RECORD OF 0.57 INCHES. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 47 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THE 17TH. ________________________________________ LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 65 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 38 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 76 DEGREES… AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 49 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.33 INCHES. LAKE YELLOWSTONE: ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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 WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN APRIL... AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE IN APRIL WAS 30.7 DEGREES WHICH IS 2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS 57 DEGREES ON THE 13TH AND 14TH. THE 13TH BROKE THE 2017 RECORD OF 56 AND THE 14TH BROKE THE 2015 RECORD OF 54. THE HIGH ON THE 2ND OF 49 TIED 2013. THE HIGH ON THE 3RD OF 51 BROKE THE 2016 RECORD OF 50. THE HIGH OF 57 ON THE 24TH BROKE 52 DEGREES FROM 2005. THE COLDEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS 6 BELOW ON THE 18TH. THE LOW ON THE 19TH WAS 1 DEGREE…AND BROKE THE 2006 RECORD OF 5 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION AT LAKE YELLOWSTONE WAS 1.02 INCHES... WHICH WAS 45 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD DURING THE MONTH WAS THE 15TH WHEN 0.38 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 34 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 30TH. ________________________________________ LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 46 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 21 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 55 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 30 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 2.35 INCHES. LANDER: ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LANDER 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 ...LANDER WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN APRIL.... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LANDER IN APRIL WAS 46.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 75 DEGREES ON THE 14TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 23 DEGREES ON THE 18TH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.20 INCHES...WHICH IS 58 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 26TH-27TH WHEN 0.87 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. NO PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 2.8 INCHES WHICH IS JUST 17 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 17TH WHEN 1 INCH FELL. SNOWFALL FOR MARCH IS ESTIMATED BASED ON SURROUNDING OBSERVATIONS. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 56 MPH AND OCCURRED ON THE 5TH FROM THE SOUTH. ________________________________________ LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 60 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 34 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 72 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 44. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 2.68 INCHES. THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL IS 4.5 INCHES. RIVERTON: ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR RIVERTON 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 ...RIVERTON WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN APRIL.... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR RIVERTON IN APRIL WAS 46 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE 5TH WARMEST APRIL SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 74 DEGREES ON THE 13TH AND 14TH. THE HIGH ON THE 12TH OF 73 BROKE THE 2003 RECORD OF 72. THE COLDEST READING WAS 21 DEGREES ON THE 20TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.44 INCHES...WHICH IS 37 PERCENT OF NORMAL.IT WAS THE 4TH DRIEST APRIL SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998. THE WETTEST 24-HOURS WAS THE 26TH-27TH WHEN 0.33 INCHES FELL. NO PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.1 INCHES. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 1ST WITH 0.1 INCHES OF SNOW. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 60 MPH AND OCCURRED ON THE 6TH FROM THE NORTHWEST. ________________________________________ LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 61 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 34 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 73 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 44. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.92 INCHES. ROCK SPRINGS: ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR ROCK SPRINGS 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 ...ROCK SPRINGS WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN APRIL... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR ROCK SPRINGS IN APRIL WAS 43.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 71 DEGREES ON THE 12TH AND TIED THE 1998 RECORD. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 19 DEGREES ON THE 18TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.44 INCHES...WHICH WAS 48 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 29TH WITH 0.22 INCHES. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 57 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 5TH. ________________________________________ LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 57 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 33 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 69 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 43. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.27 INCHES. WORLAND: ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR WORLAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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 ...WORLAND WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN APRIL... AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR WORLAND IN APRIL WAS 46.2 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS 78 DEGREES ON THE 13TH. THE COLDEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 22 DEGREES ON THE 19TH AND 20TH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.80 INCHES…WHICH IS 82 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD DURING THE MONTH WAS ON THE 6TH WITH 0.64 INCHES AND BROKE THE RECORD OF 0.45 FROM 2021. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 48 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 5TH. ________________________________________ LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 64 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 35 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 75 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 45 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.66 INCHES. ***************************