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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
830 AM MDT WED MAY 1 2013

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...THE GLASGOW CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              93   04/26/1952
 LOW              -19   04/01/1899
HIGHEST            77   04/27                         88  04/23
LOWEST             13   04/18                         19  04/09
                        04/09
AVG. MAXIMUM     49.6              57.8    -8.2     60.4
AVG. MINIMUM     26.8              32.1    -5.3     34.2
MEAN             38.2              44.9    -6.7     47.3
DAYS MAX >= 90      0                                  0
DAYS MAX <= 32      5                                  0
DAYS MIN <= 32     23                                 13
DAYS MIN <= 0       0                                  0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         5.03   1940
 MINIMUM            T   1949
TOTALS           1.15              0.85    0.30     1.35
DAILY AVG.       0.04              0.03    0.01     0.05
DAYS >= .01        13                                  6
DAYS >= .10         3                                  4
DAYS >= .50         0                                  1
DAYS >= 1.00        0                                  0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.60   04/13 TO 04/14

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           28.5   1896
 SNOW DEPTH        12   04/10/1995
                        04/09/1995
TOTALS           11.7               1.9     9.8      0.1
SINCE 7/1        62.3              33.6    28.7     25.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      1                                  0
DAYS >= TRACE      15                                  1
DAYS >= 1.0         4                                  0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         7   04/15                          0  MM
 24 HR TOTAL      6.9   04/13 TO 04/14

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     796               603     193      527
 SINCE 7/1       8259              8007     252     6727
COOLING TOTAL       0                 1      -1        3
 SINCE 1/1          0                 1      -1        3
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.5
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION   2/016
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    39/310    DATE  04/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    51/310    DATE  04/29

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            9
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             16
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          5

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     65

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0
LIGHT RAIN               10     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       3
LIGHT SNOW               15     SLEET                      0
FOG                      15     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                      2

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

&&

APRIL MARKED THE SECOND STRAIGHT MONTH THAT WAS WETTER AND MUCH
COLDER THAN NORMAL. THIS PAST MONTH WOUND UP BEING THE 9TH COLDEST
APRIL ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 38.2 DEGREES...WHICH
WAS 6.7 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS
49.6 DEGREES...WHILE THE AVERAGE LOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 26.8 DEGREES.
THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH WAS 13 DEGREES...WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 9TH AND THE 18TH. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE
MONTH WAS 77 DEGREES ON THE 27TH. THERE WERE 21 DAYS DURING THE
MONTH THAT WERE COLDER THAN NORMAL...INCLUDING 18 STRAIGHT DAYS FROM
THE 7TH THROUGH THE 24TH.

GLASGOW RECEIVED 1.15 INCHES OF MOISTURE IN APRIL...WHICH WAS 0.30
INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 0.85 INCHES. THE MOST MOISTURE DURING A
24 HOUR PERIOD WAS 0.60 INCHES...WHICH FELL FROM THE EVENING OF THE
13TH THROUGH THE 14TH.

APRIL ALSO ENDED UP BEING THE 6TH SNOWIEST ON RECORD AS 11.7 INCHES
WAS MEASURED DURING THE MONTH. THAT TOTAL WAS 9.8 INCHES MORE THAN
NORMAL. THE MOST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS 6.9 INCHES...WHICH FELL DURING
A STORM ON THE 13TH AND 14TH. AS OF THE END OF APRIL...THE SEASONAL
SNOWFALL TOTAL WAS 62.3 INCHES...WHICH MAKES THIS THE THIRD SNOWIEST
SEASON ON RECORD.

THE MONTH OF MAY BEGINS WITH NORMAL HIGHS IN THE MID 60S...AND LOWS
IN THE UPPER 30S. BY THE END OF THE MONTH...NORMAL HIGHS ARE IN THE
LOWER 70S...WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE
MONTH OF MAY IS 1.92 INCHES...WHILE NORMAL SNOWFALL IS 1.2 INCHES.

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