CXUS55 KRIW 011734 CLMBPI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1116 AM MDT FRI NOV 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BIG PINEY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 OCTOBER... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BIG PINEY IN OCTOBER WAS 43.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 5.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE 2ND WARMEST OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 79 DEGREES ON THE 4TH. IT BROKE THE 1980 RECORD OF 76. THIS ALSO TIED WITH THE WARMEST DAY IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER...SET ON 1 OCTOBER 2011. THE HIGH ON THE 11TH OF 75 DEGREES TIED WITH 1976. THE HIGH ON THE 16TH OF 73 BROKE THE 2015 RECORD OF 70. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 12 DEGREES ON THE 25TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.75 INCHES...WHICH IS 121 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 29TH-30TH WITH 0.47 INCHES. THE 29TH HAD 0.38 INCHES WHICH BROKE THE 1992 RECORD OF 0.10 INCHES. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 45 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 4TH. ...THE BIG PINEY WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 79 10/01/2011 LOW -26 10/30/2019 HIGHEST 79R 10/04 LOWEST 12 10/25 AVG. MAXIMUM 62.9 55.0 7.9 AVG. MINIMUM 24.4 21.4 3.0 MEAN 43.7 38.2 5.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 3 DAYS MIN <= 32 28 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.47 2016 MINIMUM T 1996 TOTALS 0.75 0.62 0.13 0.32 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.02 0.00 DAYS >= .01 6 DAYS >= .10 3 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.47 10/29 TO 10/30 STORM TOTAL 0.38 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 653 831 -178 SINCE 7/1 1183 1534 -351 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 64 30 34 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/330 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/260 DATE 10/04 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/240 DATE 10/04 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.18 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 26 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 49 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 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0 FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO NOVEMBER 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 47 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 16 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 32 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 3 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.26 INCHES. $$