CXUS55 KRIW 031700 CLMBYG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1049 AM MDT FRI APR 03 2026 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026 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 WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL WITH RECORD DRYNESS IN MARCH... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN MARCH WAS 43.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 7.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE SECOND WARMEST MARCH SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 82 DEGREES ON THE 21ST AND BROKE THE 2009 RECORD OF 74. IT ALSO SET A NEW ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR MARCH...BEATING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 79 SET ON MARCH 18TH 2017. SEVERAL OTHER RECORDS WERE BROKEN AND ARE LISTED BELOW. THE COLDEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS 7 DEGREES ON THE 15TH. THIS BROKE THE 2002 RECORD OF 9 DEGREES. DATENEWOLDYEAR 8TH 67662021 19TH79692017 20TH 80732007 (NEW RECORD FOR EARLIEST 80-DEGREE DAY. PREVIOUSLY APRIL 14TH 2015) 25TH79752007 29TH67662010 PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.06 INCHES...WHICH IS 8 PERCENT OF NORMAL. IT WAS THE DRIEST MARCH ON RECORD TIED WITH 2012. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS ON THE 5TH-6TH WITH 0.04 INCHES. THERE WERE NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 72 MPH OCCURRING ON THE 12TH FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ...THE BUFFALO WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1998 TO 2026 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 82 03/21/2026 LOW -15 03/03/2019 HIGHEST 82R 03/21 LOWEST 7 03/15 AVG. MAXIMUM 57.3 46.4 10.9 AVG. MINIMUM 29.9 25.3 4.6 MEAN 43.6 35.9 7.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 DAYS MIN <= 32 17 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.02 2017 MINIMUM 0.06 2012 TOTALS 0.06R 0.73 -0.67 0.60 DAILY AVG. 0.00 0.02 -0.02 DAYS >= .01 4 DAYS >= .10 0 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.04 03/05 TO 03/06 STORM TOTAL 0.03 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 656 904 -248 SINCE 7/1 4746 6059 -1313 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/320 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 48/250 DATE 03/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 72/250 DATE 03/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.33 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 51 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 3 LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 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 2026. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 31 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 30 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 57 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 36 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.46 INCHES. $$