Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Glasgow, MT
Issued by NWS Glasgow, MT
534 CXUS55 KGGW 011133 CLMGGW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW, MT 321 AM MST THU FEB 01 2024 ................................... ...THE GLASGOW MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 62 01/17/1919 LOW -56 01/12/1916 HIGHEST 54 01/30 41 LOWEST -37 01/14 -16 AVG. MAXIMUM 22.6 23.5 -0.9 23.6 AVG. MINIMUM 3.2 -2.6 8.2 MEAN 12.9 14.6 -1.7 15.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 23 24 DAYS MIN <= 32 31 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 11 6 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.52 1916 MINIMUM T 1973 TOTALS 0.30 0.44 -0.14 0.11 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.01 -0.00 0.00 DAYS >= .01 7 7 DAYS >= .10 0 DAYS >= .50 0 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.16 01/17 TO 01/18 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 41.6 2011 SNOW DEPTH 25 01/30/2004 TOTALS 5.0 9.8 -4.8 0.7 LIQUID EQUIV 0.50 0.90 -0.40 0.10 SINCE 7/1 20.9 25.5 -4.6 MM LIQUID 7/1 2.09 2.50 -0.41 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 3 DAYS >= TRACE 10 12 DAYS >= 1.0 3 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 4 01/18 5 01/25 01/19 01/26 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1606 1561 45 1515 SINCE 7/1 4231 4910 -679 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/330 DATE 01/10 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/330 DATE 01/10 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.49 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 1 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 0 FOG 22 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 11 HAZE 13 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && JANUARY 2024 WAS A MONTH OF TEMPERATURE EXTREMES RESULTING IN A 91 DEGREE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH. OVERALL THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 12.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE MONTH STARTED WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND THE FIRST BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURE OF THE WINTER SEASON OCCURRED ON THE 8TH WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF MINUS 4. THIS IS LATEST OCCURRENCE OF A BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURE FOR A WINTER SEASON. AN ARCTIC OUTBREAK NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH, DROPPED THE TEMPERATURES TO BELOW ZERO FOR 5 DAYS, INCLUDING A RECORD LOW OF MINUS 35 ON THE 13TH AND A MONTHLY LOW TEMPERATURES OF MINUS 37 ON THE 14TH. THE MONTH ENDED WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL INCLUDING A RECORD HIGH OF 54 DEGREES ON THE 30TH. THIS WAS ALSO THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH. JANUARY WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH 3 TENTHS OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION MEASURED COMPARED TO NORMAL PRECIPITATION OF 44 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 5 INCHES, MOST OF WHICH FELL DURING THE ARCTIC OUTBREAK FROM THE 11TH TO THE 18TH. THIS WAS 4.8 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE ARCTIC OUTBREAK ALSO BROUGHT THE PEAK WIND FOR THE MONTH WITH A GUST OF 41 MPH ON THE 10TH. THIS DAY ALSO HAD THE HIGHEST AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 17.4 MPH. THERE WERE ONLY TWO OTHER DAYS DURING THE MONTH WITH A WIND GUST OF MORE THAN 30 MPH. VISIBILITY WAS LIMITED DUE TO FOG, HAZE OR SNOW ON 25 DAYS DURING THE MONTH, WITH DENSE FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS ON 11 DAYS. LOOKING AHEAD TO FEBRUARY, THE NORMAL HIGH RISES FROM 25 TO 34 DEGREES WITH NORMAL LOW GOING FROM 7 TO 14 DEGREES. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY IS 0.34 INCH AND NORMAL SNOWFALL IS 6.2 INCHES. $$