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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW, MT
341 AM MDT WED NOV 01 2023

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...THE GLASGOW MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             96   10/04/1943
 LOW              -8   10/19/1905
HIGHEST           80   10/19                          80
LOWEST             2   10/28                          27
AVG. MAXIMUM    55.4               56.5    -1.1     61.9
AVG. MINIMUM    33.2                       -0.6     38.3
MEAN            44.3               45.2    -0.9     50.1
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                                   0
DAYS MAX <= 32     7                                   0
DAYS MIN <= 32     9                                   9
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                                   0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        3.41   1924
 MINIMUM           T   1965
TOTALS          1.62               0.92    0.70     1.66
DAILY AVG.      0.05               0.03    0.02     0.06
DAYS >= .01       10                                   7
DAYS >= .10        5
DAYS >= .50        1                                   1
DAYS >= 1.00       0                                   0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.50   10/25 TO 10/25

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          14.0   2023
 SNOW DEPTH       11   10/13/2008
TOTALS          14.0R               1.5    12.5      1.9
 LIQUID EQUIV   1.40               0.10    1.30     0.19
SINCE 7/1       14.0                1.5    12.5       MM
 LIQUID 7/1     1.40               0.10    1.30       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     1                                   0
DAYS >= TRACE      6                                   2
DAYS >= 1.0        2                                   1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        9   10/27                           2  10/24
 24 HR TOTAL    14.0R

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    634                618      16      454
 SINCE 7/1       696                862    -166       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  2      -2        0
 SINCE 1/1       830                584     246       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    44/280    DATE  10/17
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    59/280    DATE  10/17

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.42
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           15
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          8

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     65

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       3
LIGHT RAIN                9     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       2
LIGHT SNOW                6     SLEET                      0
FOG                      11     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      2

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

OCTOBER TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR NORMAL, WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
OF 44.3 FOR GLASGOW, WHICH IS ONLY 0.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE
FIRST THREE WEEKS OF OCTOBER WERE MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL, AND THE
FINAL WEEK OF OCTOBER WAS MUCH COOLER THAN NORMAL. A RECORD LOW HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF 19 DEGREES OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 26TH AS PART OF 7
CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF HIGH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING.

OCTOBER PRECIPITATION WAS WELL ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 0.92 INCHES, WITH
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH REACHING 1.62 INCHES. OF NOTE IS
THE RECORD OF TOTAL MONTHLY SNOWFALL OF 14.0 INCHES, WHICH BREAKS
THE OLD RECORD OF 13.6 INCHES SET IN 2008. THE 5TH HIGHEST 24 HOUR
SNOWFALL EVER RECORDED AT GLASGOW OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 25TH, COMING
IN AT 11.0 INCHES.

THERE WERE THREE DAYS OF WIND GUSTS REACHING OR EXCEEDING 50 MPH,
WITH THE HIGHEST GUST OF 59 MPH OCCURRING ON OCTOBER 17TH. THE
AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 10.9 MPH.

LOOKING AHEAD TO NOVEMBER, THE NORMAL HIGH STARTS WITH 48 ON THE 1ST
AND COOLS TO 34 BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL LOW STARTS AT 27
AND COOLS TO 15 BY THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR
NOVEMBER IS 0.49 INCHES. THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER IS CALLING
FOR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND EQUAL CHANCES FOR
PRECIPITATION.

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