It is not the best it could be, but I'll take it. The first fifty-five days of 2009 are the 17th warmest on average in history. What this means is that Cheyenne basically had a little more than normal Denver climate for this period. The numbers in the chart below show that ten of the warmest nineteen first fifty-five days of each year have occurred in the last 25 years.What this means is that there is at least the possibility of a likelihood of global warming resulting in a change in climatology on this microlevel.
Statement as of 5:48 am MST on February 25, 2009
... Public information statement...
... Average 2009 temperature in Cheyenne is the 17th warmest of the
past 138 years...
The average temperature in Cheyenne from January 1st through
February 24th of 2009 was 31.4 degrees... making this period the
17th warmest such period in Cheyenne since 1872.
Here is a table of the twenty warmest January 1st through February
24th periods in Cheyenne with respect to average temperature. This
is out of the 138 such periods in Cheyenne since 1872.
Average temperature (degrees fahrenheit)... year
35.9... 1954
34.0... 1934
33.7... 1935
33.1... 1986
32.6... 1992
32.6... 1983
32.4... 1981
32.2... 2005
32.1... 1999
31.8... 1907
31.8... 2000
31.7... 1931
31.5... 1969
31.5... 1958
31.5... 1953
31.5... 1920
31.4... 2009
31.2... 1970
31.1... 1998
Through February 24th... the average maximum temperature in Cheyenne
has been 41.9 degrees... making this year the 26th warmest out of
the past 138 years in terms of average maximum temperature.
Through February 24th... the average minimum temperature in
Cheyenne has been 21.0 degrees... making this year the 10th warmest
out of the past 138 years in terms of average minimum temperature.
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