601 CXUS55 KRIW 011801 CLMBPI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1159 AM MDT FRI NOV 1 2019 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MILEY MEMORIAL FIELD NEAR BIG PINEY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2019... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2019 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 ...OCTOBER WAS DRIER WITH RECORD BREAKING COLD FOR BIG PINEY... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BIG PINEY IN OCTOBER WAS 30.3 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 7.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. IT WAS ALSO THE COLDEST OCTOBER ON RECORD...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS MONTHLY RECORD OF 32.8 DEGREES SET IN 2009. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 70 DEGREES ON THE 16TH...WHICH TIED THE 2015 RECORD. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 26 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 30TH...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1 BELOW SET IN 1991. THERE WERE SEVERAL DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET DURING THE MONTH. THE 10TH HIT 11 DEGREES ...TYING 2009...THE 11TH SAW 4 DEGREES BREAK THE 2003 RECORD OF 11 DEGREES...THE 12TH 9 DEGREES BROKE 13 DEGREES FROM 2002...THE 14TH SAW 13 DEGREES..TYING 1976 AND THE 28TH HIT 14 BELOW ZERO...BREAKING THE 1976 RECORD OF 6 DEGREES. BIG PINEY HAD A PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 0.09 INCHES...WHICH WAS JUST 17 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST DAY OF THE MONTH WAS THE 4TH WITH 0.04 INCHES. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN IN OCTOBER. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 62 MPH ON THE 4TH. ...THE BIG PINEY WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1976 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 78 10/03/2010 10/08/1980 10/07/1980 LOW -26 10/30/2019 HIGHEST 70 10/16 LOWEST -26R 10/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 47.9 55.2 -7.3 AVG. MINIMUM 12.7 21.3 -8.6 MEAN 30.3 38.2 -7.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 4 DAYS MIN <= 32 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 4 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.47 2016 MINIMUM T 1996 1989 1988 TOTALS 0.09 0.53 -0.44 DAILY AVG. 0.00 DAYS >= .01 3 DAYS >= .10 0 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.04 10/04 TO 10/04 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1068 829 239 SINCE 7/1 1704 1580 124 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 12 35 -23 ................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/260 DATE 10/04 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 62/260 DATE 10/04 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.30 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 20 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 4 LIGHT SNOW 11 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 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 2019...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 30 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 3. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 0.21 INCHES. $$