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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW, MT
329 AM MDT MON APR 01 2024

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...THE GLASGOW MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             81   03/22/1928
 LOW             -45   03/12/1897
HIGHEST           71   03/18                          42
LOWEST            -4   03/07                          -3
AVG. MAXIMUM    37.6               41.8    -4.2     25.8
AVG. MINIMUM    17.9                       -3.5      7.7
MEAN            27.7               31.6    -3.9     16.8
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                                   0
DAYS MAX <= 32    13                                  27
DAYS MIN <= 32    28                                  31
DAYS MIN <= 0      3                                   5

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        4.25   1898
 MINIMUM           T   1901
TOTALS          1.02               0.47    0.55     1.06
DAILY AVG.      0.03               0.02    0.01     0.03
DAYS >= .01        9                                   9
DAYS >= .10        5
DAYS >= .50        0                                   0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                                   0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.30   03/20 TO 03/21

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          25.0   1897
 SNOW DEPTH       21   03/04/2004
                       03/03/2004
TOTALS          15.1                5.6     9.5     18.3
 LIQUID EQUIV   1.50               0.50    1.00     1.80
SINCE 7/1       42.6               37.3     5.3     60.8
 LIQUID 7/1     4.26               3.70    0.56       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     2                                   4
DAYS >= TRACE     11                                  17
DAYS >= 1.0        8                                   6
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        5   03/22                           6  03/11
                       03/23
                                                          03/16
 24 HR TOTAL     5.2   03/20 TO 03/21

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1148               1036     112     1489
 SINCE 7/1      6427               7241    -814       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    33/100    DATE  03/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    46/090    DATE  03/02

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.46
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           14
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          9

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     67

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0
LIGHT RAIN                3     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                3     SNOW                       6
LIGHT SNOW               10     SLEET                      0
FOG                      11     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      8

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

&&

MARCH WAS A COLD AND WET MONTH FOR GLASGOW. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 27.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGH FOR
THE MONTH WAS 71 ON THE 18TH. THE LOW FOR THE MONTH WAS -4 ON THE
7TH. IT WAS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT MARCH WAS COLDER THAN
FEBRUARY WHICH AVERAGED 28.5 DEGREES THIS YEAR.

PRECIPITATION WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH 1.02 INCHES AND 15.1 INCHES
OF SNOWFALL. IT WAS THE 4TH SNOWIEST MARCH ON RECORD. 1897, 2018,
2023 ARE THE YEARS WHEN MARCH HAD MORE SNOW. MORE THAN HALF OF THE
PRECIPITATION (0.56 INCH WITH 9.3 INCHES OF SNOW) FELL BETWEEN THE
20TH AND THE 24TH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR MARCH IS 0.47 INCH.

THE PEAK WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 46 MPH ON THE 2ND. THE
WINDIEST DAY WAS ALSO ON THE 2ND WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF
21.9 MPH. MARCH 23 HAD AN AVERAGE WIND OF 20.5 MPH.

LOOKING AHEAD TO APRIL, THE NORMAL HIGH STARTS AT 51 ON THE 1ST AND
WARMS TO 62 AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL LOW BEGINS AT 29 ON
THE 1ST AND WARMS TO 37 BY THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL
PRECIPITATION FOR APRIL IS 1.01 INCHES AND NORMAL SNOWFALL IS 2.5
INCHES



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