Climatological Report (Annual)
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW, MT
743 AM MST MON JAN 02 2023

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...THE GLASGOW MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2022...

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
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            113   07/31/1900
 LOW             -59   02/15/1936
HIGHEST          108                 MM      MM
LOWEST           -31                 MM      MM
MEAN            44.2

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       22.96   2011
TOTALS         10.84              13.44   -2.60

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          83.4   2011
TOTALS          51.2               40.7             23.2

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   8375
COOLING TOTAL    938
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-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

THE DROUGHT FROM 2021 CONTINUED INTO 2022, ALTHOUGH SOME RECOVERY
CAME AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

ASIDE FROM A SHORT PERIOD IN EARLY JANUARY, THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF
THE YEAR ROUNDED OUT THE WINTER WITH A DRY AND MILD TONE. JANUARY
AVERAGED 2.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND FEBRUARY WAS 4 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. A FEW DAILY WARM RECORDS WERE ALSO OBSERVED. PRECIPITATION
WAS 47 PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR BOTH MONTHS WITH SNOWFALL TOTALING 6.4
INCHES, WHICH WAS 40 PERCENT OF NORMAL.

SPRING BEGAN WITH A DRY MARCH, BUT SOME GROUND WAS MADE UP IN APRIL
AND MAY. OVER HALF OF THE PRECIPITATION IN APRIL CAME IN THE FORM OF
SNOW WITH 6.9 INCHES OF THE WHITE STUFF ACCUMULATING IN APRIL. IN THE
TEMPERATURE DEPARTMENT, APRIL AVERAGED 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, WHILE
MARCH AND MAY WERE CLOSER TO THEIR NORMALS (WITH 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL FOR MARCH AND 0.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR MAY).

SUMMER BEGAN WITH JUNE HAVING TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO NORMAL BUT ONLY
RECEIVING 51 PERCENT OF NORMAL RAINFALL. JULY WAS A LITTLE WARMER
THAN NORMAL AND VERY CLOSE TO NORMAL IN REGARDS TO RAINFALL. THE
WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR OCCURRED ON JULY 17TH WITH A READING
OF 108 BREAKING A DAILY RECORD. AUGUST WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN
NORMAL. ONLY 0.20 OF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL, ABOUT AN INCH SHY OF
NORMAL.

SEPTEMBER WAS QUITE WARM AND WAS THE WARMEST ONE ON RECORD. IT WAS
ALSO A DRY MONTH WITH ONLY 0.13 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THIS WAS ONLY 12
PERCENT OF NORMAL.

THINGS TURNED AROUND A BIT IN OCTOBER WHERE THE RAIN BUCKET
ACCUMULATED 1.82 INCHES WHICH WAS THE WETTEST OCTOBER SINCE 2016.

THIS WET TREND CONTINUED INTO NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER WITH THE
COMBINED MONTHS RECEIVING 173 PERCENT OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION. IT
WAS ALSO ON OF THE SNOWIEST STARTS TO THE SEASON ON RECORD WITH 34.3
INCHES OF SNOWFALL. TEMPERATURES WERE WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR BOTH
MONTHS.


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