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...Highlights of 2023...
33rd Coldest Year on record at 42.7 degrees, 2.4 degrees below normal
16th Wettest Year on record with 17.72 inches, 133% of normal precipitation.
25th Most Snowiest year on record with 110.3 inches, 126% of normal.
28th Most Seasonal Snow (July 2022 - June 2023) with 107 inches of snow.
The peak wind gust for the year was 73 mph which occurred on July 26th.
Daily Records: Lander, Temperature, 2022, Summary Rank - Driest to Wettest One Day Precipitation Records (inches): February: 0.45: on the 21st September: 0.42" on the 4th. November: 1.03" on the 23rd. * 35 months of May with a trace or less of snowfall on record One Day Snowfall Records (inches): 110.3
Temperatures
Precipitation
Snow
Winds
Element
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Average High
22.1
25.0
32.0
51.5
69.5
71.0
85.8
83.2
77.4
59.8
46.0
34.1
54.8
Mean High (1991-2020 Normals)
32.8
36.6
48.6
56.2
66.1
78
87.7
85.8
74.6
58.9
44.3
32.9
58.5
Average Low
4.7
2.1
12.2
26.5
44.2
48.7
54.5
54.9
47.6
35.0
22.0
14.7
30.6
Mean Low (1991-2020 Normals)
9.8
13.3
23.4
30.3
39.4
47.7
55.2
53.8
44.6
32
19.9
10.2
31.6
Average Temperature
13.4
13.6
22.1
39.0
56.9
59.9
70.2
69.1
62.5
47.4
34.0
24.4
42.7
Mean Temp (1991-2020 Normals)
21.3
25
36
43.2
52.8
62.8
71.5
69.8
59.6
45.4
32.1
21.6
45.1
Departure from Normal
-7.9
-11.4
-13.9
-4.2
4.1
-2.9
-1.3
-0.7
2.9
2.0
1.9
2.8
-2.4
Rank: Coldest to Warmest
132 years of record (P.O.R 1892-2023)19
12
3
21
122
30
62
83
118
84
86
93
33
Highest Daily Maximum
36
47
49
72
80
79
97
95
88
77
62
50
97
Date of Occurrence
26
21
15
30
22
6
17
16
1
19,20
6
5
7/17
Lowest Daily Minimum
-31
-21
-2
7
33
42
45
48
36
14
-1
-1
-31
Date of Occurrence
31
23,24
8
5
8,9
17,24
8
7,31
23
30
26,27,28,29
25
1/31
Number of Days with:
Maximum >= 90°
0
0
0
0
0
0
13
7
0
0
0
0
46
Maximum <= 32°
27
18
18
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
7
14
90
Minimum <= 32°
31
28
31
24
0
0
0
0
0
8
24
31
177
Minimum <= 0°
9
10
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
26
Record High Temperatures Set or Tied
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
3
Record Low Temperatures Set or Tied
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
Temperature Ranks and Records:
Record High Temperatures:
August: 95 on the 16th (tie)
October: 76 on the 17th (tie) and 77 on the 19th (tie)
Record Low Temperatures:
January: -27 on the 30th and -31 on the 31st (tie)
February: -21 on the 23rd and -21 on the 24th
Top Ten Coldest Months of February on Record
Rank
Year
Average Temperature °F
1
1989
9.2
2
1913
10.2
3
1989
10.5
4
1993
11.0
5
1936
12.0
6
1910,1929
12.2
8
1894
12.6
9
1939
12.7
10
2023,1973,1942
13.6
Top Ten Coldest Months of March on Record
Rank
Year
Average Temperature °F
1
1912
16.1
2
1906
19.8
3
2023
22.1
4
1924
23.4
5
1965
23.7
6
1943
25.7
7
1973
26.4
7
1948
26.5
9
1944
26.6
10
1954
26.7
Top Ten Warmest Years on Record
Rank
Year
Average Temperature °F
1
2012
49.0
2
1988, 1981
47.7
4
1934
47.6
5
1994, 2006
47.5
7
2021
47.4
8
1954
47.2
9
1999
47.0
10
2015
46.9
100
2023
42.7
Top Ten Coldest Years on Record
Rank
Year
Average Temperature °F
1
1912
39.9
2
1944
40.1
3
1920
40.2
4
1916, 1898
40.9
6
1895
41.0
7
1924
41.1
8
1913, 1899
41.2
9
1923, 1905
41.2
10
1993, 1929, 1922
41.4
33
2023
42.7
Average Annual Temperature for Period of Record - Click on Graph to Enlarge
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Element
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Total (inches)
2.55
1.34
0.58
2.83
0.86
3.14
0.34
1.58
0.56
1.97
1.26
0.71
17.72
Mean Precip (1991-2020 Normals)
0.51
0.7
1.29
2.07
2.68
1.08
0.59
0.52
0.98
1.4
0.78
0.63
13.23
Departure from Normal
2.04
0.64
-0.71
0.76
-1.82
2.06
-0.25
1.06
-0.42
0.57
0.48
0.08
4.49
Percent of Normal
500
191
45
137
32
291
58
304
57
141
162
113
134
132 years (P.O.R 1892-2023)132
117
33
100
22
123
44
124
54
104
104
86
117
Greatest 24-HR Total
0.90
1.04
0.31
1.04
0.43
1.05
0.13
0.65
0.44
1.50
1.21
0.68
1.21
Dates of Occurrence
1
21-22
25
3-4
13-14
15-16
7-8
5-6
4-5
11-12
23-24
23-24
11/23-24
Number of Days with:
Precipitation >= 0.01
11
4
6
7
11
18
7
9
7
5
3
3
91
Precipitation >= 0.10
5
3
2
5
2
10
1
6
1
4
2
1
42
Precipitation >= 1.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Days with Thunderstorms
0
0
0
0
4
18
13
8
5
0
0
0
48
Daily Precipitation Records Set or Tied
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
6
Precipitation Ranks and Records:
January: 0.90" on the 1st, 0.53: on the 11th and 0.32 on the 28th (tie)
Top Ten Wettest Months of January on Record
Rank
Year
Precipitation (inches)
1
2023
2.55
2
1910
2.06
3
1949
1.65
4
1962
1.34
5
2017
1.27
6
1963,1922
1.13
8
1994
1.10
9
1972,1920
1.08
10
1926
1.06
Top Ten Wettest Months of June on Record
Rank
Year
Precipitation (inches)
1
1947
6.88
2
1969
5.29
3
1967
5.06
4
1993
4.96
5
1963
3.84
6
1915
3.75
7
1998
3.71
8
1937
3.68
9
2009
3.22
10
2023
3.14
Top Ten Wettest Months of August on Record
Rank
Year
Precipitation (inches)
1
1930
4.35
2
2004
2.35
3
1979
2.30
4
1941
1.99
5
1966
1.77
6
1933
1.67
7
2014
1.61
8
2023
1.58
9
1908
1.52
10
1987
1.50
Top Ten Driest Years on Record
Rank
Year
Precipitation (inches)
1
2001
5.30
2
1954
6.41
3
2012
6.60
4
1902
7.25
5
2020
7.33
6
2006
7.42
7
1988
7.63
8
1939
7.95
9
2002
8.09
10
1914
8.32
117
2023
17.72
Top Ten Wettest Years on Record
Rank
Year
Precipitation (inches)
1
1957
21.89
2
1923
21.56
3
2016
21.29
4
1941
20.66
5
1912
20.00
6
1947
19.70
7
1995
19.68
8
1944
19.57
9
1973
19.30
10
1908
19.22
16
2023
17.72
Annual Precipitation for Period of Record - Click on Graph to Enlarge
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Element
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Total (inches)
36.2
11.0
5.9
24.9
0
0
0
0
0
1.3
22.9
8.1
110.3
Average Snowfall
8.2
12.1
14.4
16.4
4.5
0.1
0
0
1.5
10.5
10.6
9.3
87.6
Departure from Normal
28
-1.1
-8.5
8.5
-4.5
-0.1
0.0
0.0
-1.5
-9.2
12.3
-1.2
22.7
Percent of Normal
441
91
41
152
0
0
0
0
0
12
216
87
126
Rank - Least to Most
132 Years (P.O.R 1892-2023)132
89
25
103
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
35
119
69
108
Greatest 24-HR Total
11.6
4.1
2.5
12.5
0
0
0
0
0
1.3
18.8
6
18.8
Dates of Occurrence
1
22
25
4
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
26
23
23
11/23
Number of Days with:
Snowfall >= 1.0 inch
7
3
2
6
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
23
Daily Snowfall Records Set or Tied
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
* 64 months of September on record with no snowfall.
Snowfall Ranks and Records:
January: 11.6" fell on the 1st.
April: 12.5" on the 4th
November: 18.8" on the 23rd.
Top Ten Snowiest Months of January on Record
Rank
Year
Snowfall (inches)
1
2023
36.2
2
1962
26.5
3
1980
26.2
4
1973
25.7
5
1949
23.9
6
1910
20.6
7
1994
19.5
8
1972
18.7
9
2017
18.3
10
1984
18.0
Top Ten Snowiest Years on Record
Rank
Year
Snowfall (inches)
1
1973
199.9
2
1975
160.7
3
1983
159.6
4
1967
154.6
5
1959
150.4
6
1971
148.3
7
2013
138.0
8
1978
128.1
9
1920
127.9
10
1892
125.1
25
2023
Annual and Seasonal Snowfall for Period of Record - Click on Graph to Enlarge
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Element
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Average Speed (MPH)
3.6
4.8
5.1
6.9
6.7
5.9
7.0
6.3
6.4
5.3
4.6
3.6
5.5
Maximum 3-sec Gust
35
46
59
49
58
56
73
53
62
67
48
49
73
Direction (degrees)
060
210
210
210
210
260
250
320
210
170
280
310
250
Date of Occurrence
28
21
15
11
4
23
26
6
13
1
11
7
7/26
Number of Days with:
2-Minute Wind >50 mph
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Peak Wind >50 mph
0
0
2
0
2
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
13
Peak Wind >65 mph
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
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