CXUS55 KRIW 011749 CLMP60 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1116 AM MDT FRI NOV 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 OCTOBER… AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE IN OCTOBER WAS 40 DEGREES WHICH IS 6.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE 2ND WARMEST OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998. THE WARMEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS 69 DEGREES ON THE 4TH. THIS BROKE THE 2020 RECORD OF 65 DEGREES. ADDITIONAL RECORD HIGHS ARE LISTED BELOW. COLDEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS 11 DEGREES ON THE 31ST. THE LOW ON THE 1ST OF 22 DEGREES TIED THE 2002 AND 2021 RECORDS. DATE NEW OLD YEAR 8TH 65 (TIE) 65 2020 9TH 66 65 2015 11TH 64 61 2012 12TH 63 62 2015 13TH 65 62 2015 14TH 67 63 2015 19TH 65 60 2005 27TH 57 (TIE) 57 2016 TOTAL PRECIPITATION AT LAKE YELLOWSTONE WAS 0.60 INCHES...WHICH WAS 24 PERCENT OF NORMAL. IT WAS THE 3RD DRIEST OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD DURING THE MONTH WAS THE 17TH-18TH WHEN 0.24 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 32 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 4TH. ...THE LAKE YELLOWSTONE 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 74 10/02/2010 LOW -16 10/26/2020 HIGHEST 69 10/04 LOWEST 11 10/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 55.1 45.5 9.6 AVG. MINIMUM 24.8 21.8 3.0 MEAN 40.0 33.6 6.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 DAYS MIN <= 32 30 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.78 2016 MINIMUM 0.36 1998 TOTALS 0.60 1.85 -1.25 2.62 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.06 -0.04 DAYS >= .01 6 DAYS >= .10 3 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.24 10/17 TO 10/18 STORM TOTAL 0.21 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 742 972 -230 SINCE 7/1 1798 2201 -403 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.5 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/090 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 16/260 DATE 10/04 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 32/250 DATE 10/04 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.00 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 31 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 60 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 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 38 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 16 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 26 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 6 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 2.06 INCHES. $$