CXUS55 KRIW 031712 CLMP60 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1049 AM MDT FRI APR 03 2026 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026 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 ...LAKE YELLOWSTONE IN MARCH WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH RECORD WARMTH... AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR LAKE YELLOWSTONE IN MARCH WAS 30.6 DEGREES WHICH IS 9.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE 1ST WARMEST MARCH SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998. THE WARMEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS 60 DEGREES ON THE 19TH. THIS BROKE THE 1999 RECORD OF 49 DEGREES. IT ALSO SET A RECORD FOR EARLIEST 60-DEGREE DAY FOR THE YEAR BEATING THE PREVIOUS DATE OF APRIL 22ND 2016. 60 DEGREES IS ALSO A NEW ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR MARCH…BEATING 57 DEGREES FROM MARCH 27TH 2022. SEVERAL OTHER RECORD HIGHS WERE SET AND ARE LISTED BELOW. THE COLDEST READING OF THE MONTH WAS -12 DEGREES ON THE 11TH. DATENEWOLDYEAR 17TH52 (T)522007 18TH58542017 20TH59511999 21ST58512009 24TH50 (T)502004 25TH54511999 29TH51472015 TOTAL PRECIPITATION AT LAKE YELLOWSTONE WAS 1.11 INCHES...WHICH WAS 58 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE WETTEST 24-HOUR PERIOD DURING THE MONTH WAS THE 1ST-2ND WHEN 0.29 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 46 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 12TH. ...THE LAKE YELLOWSTONE 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 60 03/19/2026 LOW -34 03/10/2022 03/10/2022 HIGHEST 60R 03/19 LOWEST -12 03/11 AVG. MAXIMUM 42.9R 34.7 8.2 AVG. MINIMUM 18.3 7.7 10.6 MEAN 30.6R 21.2 9.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 6 DAYS MIN <= 32 30 DAYS MIN <= 0 4 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.58 2014 MINIMUM 0.48 2025 TOTALS 1.11 1.90 -0.79 2.82 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.06 -0.02 DAYS >= .01 13 DAYS >= .10 5 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.29 03/01 TO 03/02 STORM TOTAL 0.28 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1059 1358 -299 SINCE 7/1 8029 9561 -1532 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/260 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 22/300 DATE 03/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/270 DATE 03/09 46/270 03/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.00 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 31 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 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 10 SLEET 0 FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - 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 38 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 13 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 45 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 21 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 2.28 INCHES. $$