Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
707 CXUS55 KRIW 011733 CLMBYG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1122 AM MDT TUE OCT 01 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 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 IN SEPTEMBER WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH RECORD WARMTH... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN SEPTEMBER WAS 66.8 DEGREES WHICH IS 7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE WARMEST SEPTEMBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998. THE PREVIOUS RECORD SEPTEMBER WAS IN 2015 WITH AN AVERAGE OF 66 DEGREES. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 95 DEGREES ON THE 2ND. THIS TIED THE 2015 RECORD. OTHER DAILY RECORD HIGHS ARE LISTED BELOW. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 37 DEGREES ON THE 22ND AND 30TH. DATE NEW OLD YEAR 20TH 81 (TIE) 81 2007 25TH 98 93 2014 27TH 90 88 2022 29TH 94 88 2009 THE HIGH ON THE 29TH ALSO BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE LATEST DAY OF THE YEAR WITH A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES OR MORE. PREVIOUSLY IT WAS SEPTEMBER 28TH IN 2010 AND 2001. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.18 INCHES...WHICH IS JUST 15 PERCENT OF NORMAL THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 17TH WITH 0.08 INCHES. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 62 MPH OCCURRING ON THE 20TH FROM THE SOUTH. ...THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 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 100 09/04/2022 LOW 19 09/12/2014 HIGHEST 98 09/25 LOWEST 37 09/22 09/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 82.1 72.3 9.8 AVG. MINIMUM 51.4 47.3 4.1 MEAN 66.8 59.8 7.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 9 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.80 2023 MINIMUM 0.09 2021 TOTALS 0.18 1.17 -0.99 3.80 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.04 -0.03 DAYS >= .01 5 DAYS >= .10 0 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.08 09/17 TO 09/17 STORM TOTAL 0.08 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 82 213 -131 SINCE 7/1 159 271 -112 COOLING TOTAL 144 57 87 SINCE 1/1 660 525 135 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/270 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/190 DATE 09/17 43/320 09/20 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 62/190 DATE 09/17 62/310 09/20 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.11 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 27 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 39 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 1 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO OCTOBER 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 64 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 41 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 52 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 30. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.01 INCHES. $$