Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Glasgow, MT
Issued by NWS Glasgow, MT
000 CXUS55 KGGW 021501 CLAGGW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW, MT 743 AM MST MON JAN 02 2023 ................................... ...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 .............................................................. 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 .............................................................. - 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. $$