Green River, WY

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from GREEN RVR, WY US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 6a USDA hardiness Zone 6a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Green River has an annual average temperature of 44.1°F with about 10.3 inches of precipitation per year and 38.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 8.1°F). May is typically the wettest month (1.67 in) and July the driest (0.49 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.

Annual swing
50.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,755
Cooling need
228

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Climate change signal

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57 of 366 (15.6%) of Green River's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1890s
15
1900s
9
1910s
24
1920s
32
1930s
72
1940s
23
1950s
22
1960s
7
1970s
7
1980s
27
1990s
25
2000s
26
2010s
34
2020s
43

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 31.0°F 8.1°F 19.6°F 0.69 in 6.3 in 5
February 36.1°F 12.9°F 24.5°F 0.51 in 7.6 in 5
March 47.1°F 22.5°F 34.8°F 0.84 in 5.4 in 6
April 56.4°F 29.3°F 42.8°F 1.32 in 3.9 in 7
May 66.2°F 37.6°F 51.9°F 1.67 in 0.9 in 9
June 78.1°F 45.5°F 61.8°F 0.92 in 5
July 86.6°F 52.9°F 69.7°F 0.49 in 5
August 85.0°F 50.7°F 67.9°F 0.64 in 5
September 75.7°F 40.9°F 58.3°F 0.87 in 0.3 in 6
October 60.7°F 30.3°F 45.5°F 1.04 in 2.4 in 6
November 43.9°F 19.0°F 31.4°F 0.69 in 5.0 in 5
December 32.0°F 9.8°F 20.9°F 0.63 in 6.7 in 6

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