CXUS55 KBYZ 011250 CLASHR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 541 AM MST WED JAN 01 2025 ................................... ...THE SHERIDAN WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1907 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 107 07/13/2005 07/14/2002 LOW -41 12/09/1919 HIGHEST 105 08/02 LOWEST -31 01/13 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.6 59.7 4.9 AVG. MINIMUM 33.4 31.1 2.3 MEAN 49.0 45.4 3.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 56 21.5 DAYS MAX <= 32 18 -22.4 DAYS MIN <= 32 182 -2.7 DAYS MIN <= 0 12 -6.8 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 24.77 1944 MINIMUM 8.23 1960 TOTALS 10.68 14.93 -4.25 DAYS >= .01 81 -21.3 DAYS >= .10 36 -4.5 DAYS >= .50 4 -2.7 DAYS >= 1.00 0 -1.2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6427 7542 -1115 COOLING TOTAL 669 441 228 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 08/17/2002 LATEST 06/24/1967 EARLIEST 10/01 LATEST 06/19 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/310 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 46/320 DATE 06/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 64/300 DATE 06/15 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 24 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 13 RAIN 25 LIGHT RAIN 87 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 5 SNOW 11 LIGHT SNOW 51 SLEET 0 FOG 59 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 8 HAZE 53 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...2024 YEAR IN REVIEW FOR SHERIDAN... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR SHERIDAN FOR 2024. ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND ALL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES. NORMALS ARE 30 YEAR AVERAGES CALCULATED FROM 1991 TO 2020. MONTHLY AND ANNUAL RANKINGS FOR PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES USE A PERIOD OF RECORD THAT STARTED IN MAY 1907 AT OR NEAR THE SHERIDAN AIRPORT. NUMBERS DENOTED WITH AN * IS MISSING DATA IN THE CALCULATION. ...SHERIDAN MONTHLY PRECIPITATION... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 0.27 0.61 -0.34 16TH DRIEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.03 IN 2004) (DRIEST SINCE 0.08 IN 2010) FEBRUARY 0.88 0.65 +0.23 TIED FOR THE 31ST WETTEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 2.68 IN 1955) (WETTEST SINCE 1.35 IN 2023) MARCH 0.81 1.02 -0.21 TIED FOR THE 45TH DRIEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.14 IN 1978) (DRIEST SINCE 0.55 IN 2020) APRIL 1.28 1.87 -0.59 38TH DRIEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.18 IN 1980) (DRIEST SINCE 1.26 IN 2023) MAY 2.90 2.68 +0.22 46TH WETTEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 6.82 IN 1938) (WETTEST SINCE 3.16 IN 2022) JUNE 0.84 1.98 -1.14 15TH DRIEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.07 IN 1933) (DRIEST SINCE 0.32 IN 2021) JULY 0.70 1.07 -0.37 TIED FOR THE 48TH DRIEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.02 IN 1999) (DRIEST SINCE 0.37 IN 2022) AUGUST 0.82 0.71 +0.11 49TH WETTEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.02 IN 1968) (WETTEST SINCE 1.98 IN 2023) SEPTEMBER 0.39 1.47 -1.08 TIED FOR THE 20TH DRIEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T TIED IN 2012) (DRIEST SINCE 0.19 IN 2021) OCTOBER 1.31 1.57 -0.26 52ND WETTEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.72 IN 2011) (WETTEST SINCE 3.06 IN 2023) NOVEMBER 0.42 0.76 -0.34 28TH DRIEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 1939) (DRIEST SINCE 0.15 IN 2021) DECEMBER 0.06* 0.54 -0.48 2ND DRIEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.03 IN 1930) (DRIEST SINCE 0.03 IN 1930) YEAR 10.68* 14.93 -4.25 11TH DRIEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 8.23 IN 1960) (DRIEST SINCE 9.53 IN 2012) ...SHERIDAN 2024 TOP 3 DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION... 1 - 0.99 MAY 6 2 - 0.65 APRIL 17 3 - 0.62 OCTOBER 29 ALL TIME DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD...3.32 ON JUNE 3 1944 ...SHERIDAN 2024 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... NONE ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 23.1 24.0 -0.9 MEDIAN OUT OF 117 YEARS (WARMEST 35.5-2006/COLDEST 1.8-1916) FEBRUARY 32.7 26.0 +6.7 14TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 38.7 IN 1954) (WARMEST SINCE 36.9 IN 2016) MARCH 37.0 35.7 +1.3 TIED FOR THE 30TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 45.5 IN 2012) (WARMEST SINCE 37.1 IN 2021) APRIL 46.9 43.2 +3.7 22ND WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 52.6 IN 1946) (WARMEST SINCE 47.4 IN 2012) MAY 51.4 52.4 -1.0 41ST COLDEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 47.4 IN 1907) (COLDEST SINCE 50.7 IN 2022) JUNE 65.3 61.8 +3.5 21ST WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 74.2 IN 1988) (WARMEST SINCE 69.1 IN 2021) JULY 72.6 70.7 +1.9 TIED FOR THE 24TH WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 77.9 IN 1936) (WARMEST SINCE 73.9 IN 2022) AUGUST 71.2 69.1 +2.1 TIED FOR THE 20TH WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 77.8 IN 1983) (WARMEST SINCE 73.6 IN 2022) SEPTEMBER 66.2 59.1 +7.1 RECORD WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (OLD RECORD WARMEST WAS 65.3 IN 1963) OCTOBER 53.1 45.4 +7.7 3RD WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 54.7 IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 54.7 IN 1963) NOVEMBER 33.9 33.3 +0.6 TIED FOR THE 52ND WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 45.4 IN 1949) (WARMEST SINCE 38.7 IN 2023) DECEMBER 35.0 24.5 +10.5 TIED FOR THE RECORD WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (OLD RECORD WARMEST WAS 35.0 IN 1957) YEAR 49.1 45.5 +3.6 RECORD WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (OLD RECORD WARMEST WAS 48.8 IN 1934) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 37.5 36.3 +1.2 TIED FOR THE 41ST WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 48.8 IN 2006) (WARMEST SINCE 42.7 IN 2022) FEBRUARY 46.2 38.4 +7.8 TIED FOR THE 7TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 53.2 IN 1954) (WARMEST SINCE 50.2 IN 2016) MARCH 49.5 49.0 +0.5 34TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 61.8 IN 2012) (WARMEST SINCE 50.9 IN 2022) APRIL 61.8 56.7 +5.1 TIED FOR THE 17TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 67.5 IN 1987) (WARMEST SINCE 62.1 IN 2012) MAY 65.6 66.1 -0.5 TIED FOR THE 53RD COLDEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 57.6 IN 2011) (COLDEST SINCE 63.8 IN 2022) JUNE 82.6 76.9 +5.7 TIED FOR THE 11TH WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 91.2 IN 1988) (WARMEST SINCE 87.6 IN 2021) JULY 90.8 87.8 +3.0 19TH WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 95.8 IN 1936) (WARMEST SINCE 92.7 IN 2022) AUGUST 88.6 86.6 +2.0 24TH WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 95.0 IN 1983) (WARMEST SINCE 91.6 IN 2022) SEPTEMBER 85.6 75.6 +10.0 RECORD WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (OLD RECORD WARMEST WAS 83.1 IN 2015) OCTOBER 71.6 59.9 +11.7 RECORD WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (OLD RECORD WARMEST WAS 71.0 IN 1944) NOVEMBER 47.3 46.7 +0.6 TIED FOR THE 45TH WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 59.9 IN 1949) (WARMEST SINCE 53.9 IN 2023) DECEMBER 48.5 36.7 +11.8 TIED FOR THE 2ND WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 48.6 IN 2023) (WARMEST SINCE 48.6 IN 2023) YEAR 64.7 59.9 +4.8 RECORD WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (OLD RECORD WARMEST WAS 63.4 TIED IN 2006) ...SHERIDAN 2024 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES... 1 - 105 AUGUST 2 2 - 104 JULY 24 3 - 103 JUNE 23 ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...107 ON JULY 27 2021 ...SHERIDAN 2024 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 66 ON JANUARY 28 (OLD RECORD 62 IN 1931) 68 ON JANUARY 30 (OLD RECORD 64 IN 1989) 76 ON APRIL 3 (TIED RECORD IN 1921) 79 ON APRIL 12 (TIED RECORD IN 2003) 103 ON JUNE 23 (TIED RECORD IN 1988) 101 ON JUNE 30 (OLD RECORD 98 IN 1953) 102 ON JULY 11 (OLD RECORD 101 IN 1939) 104 ON JULY 24 (TIED RECORD IN 1959) 105 ON AUGUST 2 (OLD RECORD 101 IN 2016) 102 ON AUGUST 21 (OLD RECORD 101 IN 2010) 101 ON SEPTEMBER 2 (OLD RECORD 100 IN 1940) 102 ON SEPTEMBER 25 (OLD RECORD 94 IN 2015) 93 ON SEPTEMBER 27 (OLD RECORD 92 IN 2021) 93 ON SEPTEMBER 28 (OLD RECORD 92 IN 2001) 98 ON SEPTEMBER 29 (OLD RECORD 91 IN 1989) 87 ON OCTOBER 9 (TIED RECORD IN 2003) 85 ON OCTOBER 14 (OLD RECORD 84 IN 1958) 87 ON OCTOBER 16 (TIED RECORD IN 1991) 62 ON DECEMBER 20 (OLD RECORD 60 IN 2020) ...SHERIDAN 2024 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES... 1 - -9 JANUARY 13 2 - -3 JANUARY 14 3 - -2 JANUARY 15 ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...-19 ON FEBRUARY 2 1989 ...SHERIDAN 2024 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... -9 ON JANUARY 13 (TIED RECORD IN 1997) 60 ON AUGUST 8 (OLD RECORD 64 IN 1917) ...SHERIDAN AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 8.6 11.7 -3.1 TIED FOR THE 49TH COLDEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS -10.5 IN 1916) (COLDEST SINCE 3.8 IN 2017) FEBRUARY 19.2 13.7 +5.5 TIED FOR THE 18TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 24.8 IN 1991) (WARMEST SINCE 23.5 IN 2016) MARCH 24.4 22.4 +2.0 TIED FOR THE 25TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 30.7 IN 1986) (WARMEST SINCE 28.9 IN 2017) APRIL 32.0 29.7 +2.3 TIED FOR THE 36TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 38.6 TIED IN 1946) (WARMEST SINCE 32.0 IN 2017) MAY 37.2 38.7 -1.5 TIED FOR THE 23RD COLDEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 34.8 IN 1909) (COLDEST SINCE 36.0 IN 2019) JUNE 47.9 46.8 +1.1 TIED FOR THE 50TH WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 57.1 IN 1988) (WARMEST SINCE 50.3 IN 2023) JULY 54.4 53.5 +0.9 44TH WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 60.0 IN 1936) (WARMEST SINCE 55.1 IN 2022) AUGUST 53.7 51.5 +2.2 TIED FOR THE 27TH WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 60.5 IN 1983) (WARMEST SINCE 53.9 IN 2023) SEPTEMBER 46.7 42.5 +4.2 9TH WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 50.6 IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 46.9 IN 2023) OCTOBER 34.5 31.0 +3.5 TIED FOR THE 22ND WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 38.9 IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 35.4 IN 2021) NOVEMBER 20.4 19.9 +0.5 57TH COLDEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 6.0 IN 1985) (COLDEST SINCE 14.1 IN 2022) DECEMBER 21.4 12.2 +9.2 2ND WARMEST OUT OF 118 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 21.5 IN 1957) (WARMEST SINCE 21.5 IN 1957) YEAR 33.4 31.2 +2.2 TIED FOR THE 10TH WARMEST OUT OF 117 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 34.2 IN 1987) (WARMEST SINCE 33.4 IN 1992) ...SHERIDAN 2024 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES... 1 - 66 JULY 25 2 - 63 AUGUST 4 3 - 63 AUGUST 3 ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...76 ON JULY 28 1935 ...SHERIDAN 2024 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 42 ON FEBRUARY 25 (TIED RECORD IN 1986) 49 ON APRIL 5 (TIED RECORD IN 1991) ...SHERIDAN 2024 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES... 1 - -31 JANUARY 13 2 - -24 JANUARY 14 3 - -22 JANUARY 12 ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...-41 ON DECEMBER 9 1919 ...SHERIDAN 2024 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... -31 ON JANUARY 13 (OLD RECORD -26 IN 1997) -24 ON JANUARY 14 (TIED RECORD IN 1979) 32 ON JUNE 19 (OLD RECORD 36 IN 1912) $$