Strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rain will impact portions of the central Plains into the Upper Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic through the weekend. A stretch of unusually hot and humid weather is expected across portions of the central U.S. and the Southeast beginning this weekend and continuing through next week. The heat may reach dangerous levels, particularly mid to late next week. Read More >
...Highlights of 2014...
Element | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average High | 35.2 | 36.2 | 47.6 | 56.0 | 67.1 | 75.2 | 86.4 | 77.3 | 73.2 | 61.3 | 40.5 | 32.7 | 57.4 |
Normal Average High (1981-2010) | 30.3 | 33.2 | 43.9 | 53.7 | 63.8 | 74.8 | 83.8 | 81.5 | 70.3 | 56.5 | 40.4 | 29.8 | 55.3 |
Average Low | 17.7 | 17.6 | 24.7 | 29.8 | 40.3 | 45.6 | 55.5 | 51.8 | 44.5 | 35.3 | 20.2 | 15.8 | 33.2 |
Normal Average Low | 12.5 | 14.8 | 23.1 | 29.4 | 37.7 | 46.4 | 54.0 | 52.2 | 42.7 | 32.3 | 21.2 | 12.5 | 31.7 |
Mean Temperature | 26.4 | 26.9 | 36.1 | 42.9 | 53.7 | 60.4 | 71.0 | 64.6 | 58.8 | 48.3 | 30.3 | 24.3 | 45.3 |
Normal Mean Temperature | 21.4 | 24.0 | 33.5 | 41.6 | 50.8 | 60.6 | 68.9 | 66.9 | 56.5 | 44.4 | 30.8 | 21.1 | 43.5 |
Departure from Normal | 5.0 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 2.9 | -0.2 | 2.1 | -2.3 | 2.3 | 3.9 | -0.5 | 3.2 | 1.8 |
Rank - Warmest to Coldest 67 years of record (P.O.R 1948-2014) |
7 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 32 | 11 | 48 | 17 | 14 | 35 | 22 | 4 |
Highest Daily Maximum | 45 | 51 | 61 | 71 | 85 | 87 | 94 | 88 | 84 | 72 | 64 | 49 | 94 |
Date of Occurrence | 11,25 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 3,18 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 7/23 |
Lowest Daily Minimum | -2 | -14 | 13 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 47 | 43 | 21 | 25 | -12 | -21 | -21 |
Date of Occurrence | 28 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1,12 | 9,17 | 1,31 | 24 | 12 | 13,28 | 13 | 31 | 12/31 |
Number of Days with: | |||||||||||||
Maximum >= 90° | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Maximum <= 32° | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 41 |
Minimum <= 32° | 31 | 26 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 180 |
Minimum <= 0° | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
Record Highs Set or Tied | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Record Lows Set or Tied | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Temperature Ranks and Records:
Daily Records:
Max:September: 84 on the 18th.
October: 68 on the 24th, 72 on the 25th.
November: 64 on the 1st (tie), 55 on the 28th.
Min:
Apil: 11 on the 14th
September: 27 on the 11th (tie), 21 on the 12th.
November: -4 on the 11th (tie), -11 on the 12th, -12 on the 13th.
Top Ten Warmest Years on Record | |||||||
Rank | Year | Average Temperature °F | |||||
1 | 2012 | 47.3 | |||||
2 | 2003 | 45.5 | |||||
3 | 1954 | 45.4 | |||||
4 | 2014 | 45.3 | |||||
5 | 1953, 1977 | 44.9 | |||||
7 | 1988 | 44.8 | |||||
8 | 1990 | 44.3 | |||||
9 | 1958, 1999 | 44.1 | |||||
Top Ten Coldest Years on Record | |||||||
Rank | Year | Average Temperature °F | |||||
1 | 1993 | 39.6 | |||||
2 | 1964 | 40.2 | |||||
3 | 1984 | 40.9 | |||||
4 | 1951 | 41.2 | |||||
6 | 1961, 1973 | 41.4 | |||||
7 | 1968 | 41.8 | |||||
8 | 1975 | 41.9 | |||||
9 | 2008 | 42.0 | |||||
10 | 1949, 1971 | 42.1 | |||||
46 | 2014 | 45.3 |
Element | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average Speed (MPH) | 17.3 | 17.2 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 15.7 | 5.0 | 12.8 |
Maximum 3-sec Gust | 56 | 61 | 58 | 54 | 54 | 52 | 60 | 58 | 46 | 55 | 60 | 59 | 61 |
Direction (tens of degrees) | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 05 | 28 | 23 | 25 | 06 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 27 |
Date of Occurrence | 12 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 21 | 2/16 |
Element | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Total (inches) | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.43 | 0.24 | 0.49 | 0.29 | 0.36 | 0.52 | 1.20 | 0.32 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 4.24 |
Normal Precipitaton (1981-2010) | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.68 | 0.91 | 1.21 | 0.79 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.92 | 0.87 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 8.56 |
Departure from Normal | -0.38 | -0.40 | -0.25 | -0.67 | -0.72 | -0.50 | -0.28 | -0.10 | 0.28 | -0.55 | -0.36 | -0.39 | -4.32 |
Percent of Normal | 16 | 17 | 63 | 26 | 40 | 37 | 56 | 84 | 130 | 37 | 27 | 22 | 50 |
Rank - Driest to Wettest |
8 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 32 | 52 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
Greatest 24-HR Total | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.24 | 0.15 | 1.13 | 0.20 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 1.13 |
Dates of Occurrence | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 29-30 | 8 | 29-30 | 6-7 | 27-28 | 12 | 22 | 25 | 9/27-28 |
Number of Days with: | |||||||||||||
Precipitation >= 0.01 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 61 |
Precipitation >= 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Precipitation >= 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Daily Precipitaton Records Set or Tied | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Precipitation Ranks and Records:
One Day Precipitation Records:
September: 0.81 on the 27th, 0.32 on the 28th.
November: 0.03 on the 10th.
Top Ten Driest Years on Record | |||||||
Rank | Year | Precpitation (inches) | |||||
1 | 2012 | 3.15 | |||||
2 | 2014 | 4.24 | |||||
3 | 1974 | 4.55 | |||||
4 | 1988 | 4.56 | |||||
5 | 2013 | 4.68 | |||||
6 | 2002 | 4.98 | |||||
7 | 1953 | 5.17 | |||||
8 | 1951 | 5.41 | |||||
9 | 1954 | 5.46 | |||||
10 | 2001 | 5.57 | |||||
Top Ten Wettest Years on Record | |||||||
Rank | Year | Precipitation (inches) | |||||
1 | 1965 | 14.57 | |||||
2 | 1973 | 14.43 | |||||
3 | 1978 | 13.40 | |||||
4 | 1971 | 12.91 | |||||
5 | 1957 | 12.67 | |||||
6 | 1991 | 12.13 | |||||
7 | 1993 | 11.89 | |||||
8 | 1995 | 11.87 | |||||
9 | 1963 | 11.74 | |||||
10 | 1996 | 11.10 | |||||
65 | 2014 | 4.24 |
Element | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Snowfall (inches) | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 7.3 | 17.4 |
Snowfall is from the Rock Springs COOP - RFSW4; Period of Record 2002-2014. 1981-2010 Normals are not available for this location. |
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