CXUS55 KRIW 011736 CLMBYG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1116 AM MDT FRI NOV 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO 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 ...BUFFALO WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH RECORD WARMTH IN OCTOBER... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN OCTOBER WAS 53.5 DEGREES WHICH IS 7.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE WARMEST OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998. THE PREVIOUS RECORD OCTOBER WAS IN 2010 WITH 53.1 DEGREES. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 85 DEGREES ON THE 4TH. THIS TIED THE 2010 RECORD. THE 11TH HIGH OF 75 TIED 1976 AND THE HIGH OF 73 ON THE 16TH BROKE THE 2015 RECORD OF 70. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 26 DEGREES ON THE 30TH AND 31ST. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.78 INCHES...WHICH IS JUST 77 PERCENT OF NORMAL THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 17TH-18TH WITH 0.46 INCHES. THE 18TH HAD 0.09 INCHES WHICH BROKE 0.08 FROM 2019. THE 30TH HAD 0.11 INCHES AND BROKE THE 1998 RECORD OF 0.09. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 64 MPH OCCURRING ON THE 5TH FROM THE NORTHWEST. ...THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 88 10/10/2015 LOW -3 10/29/2019 HIGHEST 85 10/04 LOWEST 26 10/30 10/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 67.9 57.2 10.7 AVG. MINIMUM 39.0 35.2 3.8 MEAN 53.5 46.2 7.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 6 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.33 2023 MINIMUM 0.21 2014 TOTALS 0.78 1.01 -0.23 3.33 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.03 -0.00 DAYS >= .01 6 DAYS >= .10 3 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.46 10/17 TO 10/18 STORM TOTAL 0.37 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 351 586 -235 SINCE 7/1 510 856 -346 COOLING TOTAL 3 3 0 SINCE 1/1 663 528 135 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/270 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/330 DATE 10/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 64/340 DATE 10/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.18 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 4 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 47 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 5 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 6 - 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 51 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 30 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 39 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 20. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.36 INCHES. $$