Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
604
CXUS55 KRIW 031509
CLMBPI
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
853 AM MDT THU APR 03 2025
...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BIG PINEY FOR THE MONTH
OF MARCH 2025...
...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2025 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 MUCH WETTER THAN NORMAL IN MARCH...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BIG PINEY IN MARCH WAS 29.6 DEGREES
WHICH WAS 2.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE
MONTH WAS 65 DEGREES ON THE 27TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 9
DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 8TH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN
THIS MONTH.
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.26 INCHES...WHICH IS 300 PERCENT
OF NORMAL. IT WAS THE 2ND WETTEST MARCH SINCE RECORDS BEGAN. 2017
HOLDS THE MONTHLY RECORD WITH 1.45 INCHES. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR
PERIOD WAS ON THE 5TH-6TH WITH 0.80 INCHES. THE 6TH HAD 0.79 INCHES
AND BROKE THE 1990 RECORD OF 0.10 INCHES. THE 3RD HAD 0.04 INCHES
AND BROKE THE 2001 RECORD OF 0.03. THE 7TH HAD 0.02 INCHES AND TIED
2000 AND THE 13TH HAD 0.08 INCHES AND BROKE 0.02 FROM 2002. THE
HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 49 MPH OCCURRING ON THE 22ND FROM THE
NORTHWEST.
...THE BIG PINEY WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2025...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1976 TO 2025
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 69 03/31/2015
LOW -23 03/08/1998
03/04/1993
HIGHEST 65 03/27
LOWEST -9 03/08
AVG. MAXIMUM 41.9 41.1 0.8
AVG. MINIMUM 17.3 12.7 4.6
MEAN 29.6 26.9 2.7
DAYS MAX >= 90 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 4
DAYS MIN <= 32 31
DAYS MIN <= 0 1
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 2.81 1983
MINIMUM T 1979
TOTALS 1.26 0.42 0.84 0.53
DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.01 0.03
DAYS >= .01 9
DAYS >= .10 2
DAYS >= .50 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.80 03/05 TO 03/06
STORM TOTAL 0.79
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1090 1181 -91
SINCE 7/1 8078 8610 -532
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/320
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/290 DATE 03/22
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/310 DATE 03/22
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.39
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 15
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 1 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 4 SNOW 5
LIGHT SNOW 13 SLEET 0
FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5
HAZE 3
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
LOOKING AHEAD TO APRIL 2025. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 48 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IS 19 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 56
DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 24 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.69 INCHES.
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