CXUS55 KGGW 010908 CLMGGW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW, MT 308 AM MDT FRI NOV 01 2024 ................................... ...THE GLASGOW MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 10/04/1943 LOW -8 10/19/1905 HIGHEST 83 10/04 80 10/08 10/09 LOWEST 23 10/30 2 AVG. MAXIMUM 66.8 56.5 10.3 55.4 AVG. MINIMUM 37.6 3.8 33.2 MEAN 52.2 45.2 7.0 44.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 7 DAYS MIN <= 32 6 9 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.41 1924 MINIMUM T 1965 TOTALS 0.33 0.92 -0.59 1.62 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.03 -0.02 0.05 DAYS >= .01 1 10 DAYS >= .10 1 DAYS >= .50 0 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.33 10/21 TO 10/21 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 14.0 2023 SNOW DEPTH 11 10/13/2008 TOTALS 0.0 1.5 -1.5 14.0 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.10 -0.10 1.40 SINCE 7/1 0.0 1.5 -1.5 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.00 0.10 -0.10 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1 DAYS >= TRACE 0 6 DAYS >= 1.0 0 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 9 10/27 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 388 618 -230 634 SINCE 7/1 445 862 -417 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 0 SINCE 1/1 830 584 246 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 59/270 DATE 10/04 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 92/240 DATE 10/04 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.07 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 30 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 1 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 49 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 1 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && OCTOBER WAS A WARM AND DRY MONTH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 52.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 7.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT TIES 1965 FOR BEING THE 5TH WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD. THE HIGH FOR THE MONTH WAS 83 ON THE 4TH, 8TH AND 9TH. THE LOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 23 ON THE 30TH. PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL WITH 0.33 INCHES. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION FELL BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT ON OCTOBER 21. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR OCTOBER IS 0.92 INCHES. THERE WAS NO SNOW DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. IT WAS THE FIRST OCTOBER WITH NO SNOW AT ALL SINCE 2015. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR OCTOBER IS 1.5 INCHES. THE PEAK WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 92 MPH ON THE 4TH WHICH SET AN ALL TIME RECORD FOR PEAK WIND FOR GLASGOW. THE PREVIOUS PEAK WIND RECORD WAS 82 MPH SET ON JULY 3, 2000. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR PEAK WIND GUST IN OCTOBER WAS 74 MPH ON OCTOBER 30, 2020. THERE WAS ALSO A PEAK WINDS OF 57 MPH ON THE 5TH. THE WINDIEST DAY WAS ON THE 5TH WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 20.1 MPH. LOOKING AHEAD TO NOVEMBER, THE NORMAL HIGH STARTS AT 47 ON THE 1ST AND COOLS TO 34 AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL LOW BEGINS AT 26 ON THE 1ST AND COOLS TO 15 BY THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR NOVEMBER IS 0.49 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR NOVEMBER IS 5.9 INCHES. $$