CXUS55 KRIW 031705 CLMCPR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1049 AM MDT FRI APR 03 2026 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR CASPER 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 ...MARCH IN CASPER WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH RECORD WARMTH... AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR CASPER IN MARCH WAS 45.9 DEGREES WHICH IS 10.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD. THE WARMEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS 83 DEGREES ON THE 21ST WHICH BROKE THE 2009 RECORD OF 72. IT ALSO SET A NEW ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR MARCH...BEATING 77 DEGREES SET ON MARCH 31ST 2012. SEVERAL OTHER RECORD HIGHS WERE SET AND ARE LISTED BELOW. THE COLDEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 5 DEGREES ON THE 16TH. DATENEWOLDYEAR 19TH81711997 (EARLIEST 80-DEGREE DAY FOR THE YEAR. PREVIOUS WAS APRIL 11TH 2025) 20TH81732007 24TH77721993 25TH82742012 28TH75 (T)752015 29TH76741986 30TH76731986,1966 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.16 INCHES...WHICH IS 19 PERCENT OF NORMAL. IT TIED 1942 FOR THE SECOND DRIEST MARCH ON RECORD. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD DURING THE MONTH WAS ON THE 14TH WITH 0.10 INCHES. NO PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.6 INCHES WHICH IS 16 PERCENT OF NORMAL. IT TIED 1942 FOR SECOND LEAST SNOWFALL IN MARCH. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOURS WAS ON THE 14TH-15TH WITH 1.1 INCHES. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 78 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 12TH. ...THE CASPER WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1939 TO 2026 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 77 03/31/2012 LOW -25 03/10/2022 03/10/2022 HIGHEST 83R 03/21 LOWEST 5 03/16 AVG. MAXIMUM 62.4R 48.8 13.6 AVG. MINIMUM 29.4 22.7 6.7 MEAN 45.9R 35.8 10.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 17 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.83 2021 MINIMUM 0.12 2004 TOTALS 0.16 0.84 -0.68 1.33 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.03 -0.02 DAYS >= .01 4 DAYS >= .10 1 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.10 03/14 TO 03/14 STORM TOTAL 0.10 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 1.6 10.3 -8.7 SINCE 7/1 17.3 58.6 -41.3 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 586 907 -321 SINCE 7/1 4763 6269 -1506 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.9 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 9/250 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 55/270 DATE 03/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 78/260 DATE 03/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.26 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 49 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 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 5 - 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 54 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 26 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 60 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 31. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.41 INCHES. THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL IS 10.5 INCHES. $$