Cheyenne Monthly Climatic Report

CHEYENNE MONTHLY CLIMATIC REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
138 AM MST MON MAR 1 1999

...THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY TIED FOR THE 6TH WARMEST ON RECORD...WITH A
PEAK WIND RECORD FOR THE MONTH...

TEMPERATURE (IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT).................................
 AVERAGE MAX.... 46.0      NORMAL... 40.5      DEPARTURE PLUS 5.5
 AVERAGE MIN.... 23.2      NORMAL... 18.1      DEPARTURE PLUS 5.1
 MONTHLY MEAN... 34.6      NORMAL... 29.3      DEPARTURE PLUS 5.3

 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE............... 63 DEGREES ON THE 13TH
 LOWEST TEMPERATURE................  9 DEGREES ON THE 11TH
 COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE.......... 20 DEGREES ON THE 11TH
 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE........... 38 DEGREES ON THE 7TH

TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED (IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT)..........
 TYPE OF RECORD    DATE SET    NEW RECORD    OLD RECORD   YEAR SET
 6TH WARMEST FEB   FEB         34.6          N/A          1999

HEATING DEGREE DAYS.................................................
 MONTHLY  TOTAL...  844    NORMAL... 1000      DEPARTURE MINUS 156
 SEASONAL TOTAL... 4543    NORMAL... 5125      DEPARTURE MINUS 582

COOLING DEGREE DAYS.................................................
 MONTHLY TOTAL....    0    NORMAL...    0      DEPARTURE      NONE
 SEASONAL TOTAL...    0    NORMAL...    0      DEPARTURE      NONE

PRECIPITATION (IN INCHES)...........................................
 MONTHLY TOTAL.....  0.13  NORMAL...  0.39     DEPARTURE MINUS 0.26
 YEARLY TOTAL......  0.48  NORMAL...  0.79     DEPARTURE MINUS 0.31

 DAYS OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION.......... 3
 MOST PRECIPITATION RECORDED IN 24 HOURS... 0.05 ON THE 10TH AND 18TH

SNOWFALL (IN INCHES)................................................
 MONTHLY TOTAL.....  2.4    NORMAL...  5.5     DEPARTURE MINUS 3.1
 SEASONAL TOTAL.... 26.6    NORMAL... 29.3     DEPARTURE MINUS 2.7

 MOST SNOWFALL RECORDED IN 24 HOURS... 1.1 ON THE 10TH

PRECIPITATION RECORDS...............................................
 TYPE OF RECORD    DATE SET    NEW RECORD    OLD RECORD   YEAR SET
 NONE

WIND (IN MILES AN HOUR).............................................
 AVERAGE SPEED..... 17.6   NORMAL... 14.6      DEPARTURE PLUS 3.0
 PEAK WIND GUST.... 71 MILES AN HOUR FROM THE WEST ON THE 2ND...SET
                    RECORD FOR HIGHEST PEAK WIND IN FEBRUARY

SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (IN INCHES OF MERCURY)...........................
 HIGHEST.......... 30.57 ON THE 12TH
 LOWEST........... 29.22 ON THE 10TH

MISCELLANEOUS WEATHER...............................................
 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.........  0
 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH FOG...................  4
 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH HAIL..................  0
 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH GLAZE OR RIME ICING...  0

LOOKING AHEAD TO MARCH..............................................
 THE AVERAGE HIGH.................. 44.9 DEGREES
 THE AVERAGE LOW................... 22.1 DEGREES
 THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE... 33.6 DEGREES
 THE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION.........  1.03 INCHES
 THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL.............. 12.4 INCHES
 THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED............ 14.5 MPH

FROM THE OFFICE AND STAFF AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
IN CHEYENNE WYOMING.