Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Glasgow, MT
Issued by NWS Glasgow, MT
957 CXUS55 KGGW 010947 CLMGGW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW, MT 341 AM MDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE GLASGOW MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... 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 DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 10/04/1943 LOW -8 10/19/1905 HIGHEST 80 10/19 80 LOWEST 2 10/28 27 AVG. MAXIMUM 55.4 56.5 -1.1 61.9 AVG. MINIMUM 33.2 -0.6 38.3 MEAN 44.3 45.2 -0.9 50.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 7 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 9 9 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.41 1924 MINIMUM T 1965 TOTALS 1.62 0.92 0.70 1.66 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.06 DAYS >= .01 10 7 DAYS >= .10 5 DAYS >= .50 1 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.50 10/25 TO 10/25 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 14.0 2023 SNOW DEPTH 11 10/13/2008 TOTALS 14.0R 1.5 12.5 1.9 LIQUID EQUIV 1.40 0.10 1.30 0.19 SINCE 7/1 14.0 1.5 12.5 MM LIQUID 7/1 1.40 0.10 1.30 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 0 DAYS >= TRACE 6 2 DAYS >= 1.0 2 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 9 10/27 2 10/24 24 HR TOTAL 14.0R DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 634 618 16 454 SINCE 7/1 696 862 -166 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 0 SINCE 1/1 830 584 246 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/280 DATE 10/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 59/280 DATE 10/17 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.42 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 15 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 6 SLEET 0 FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. OCTOBER TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR NORMAL, WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 44.3 FOR GLASGOW, WHICH IS ONLY 0.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF OCTOBER WERE MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL, AND THE FINAL WEEK OF OCTOBER WAS MUCH COOLER THAN NORMAL. A RECORD LOW HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 19 DEGREES OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 26TH AS PART OF 7 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF HIGH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING. OCTOBER PRECIPITATION WAS WELL ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 0.92 INCHES, WITH TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH REACHING 1.62 INCHES. OF NOTE IS THE RECORD OF TOTAL MONTHLY SNOWFALL OF 14.0 INCHES, WHICH BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 13.6 INCHES SET IN 2008. THE 5TH HIGHEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL EVER RECORDED AT GLASGOW OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 25TH, COMING IN AT 11.0 INCHES. THERE WERE THREE DAYS OF WIND GUSTS REACHING OR EXCEEDING 50 MPH, WITH THE HIGHEST GUST OF 59 MPH OCCURRING ON OCTOBER 17TH. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 10.9 MPH. LOOKING AHEAD TO NOVEMBER, THE NORMAL HIGH STARTS WITH 48 ON THE 1ST AND COOLS TO 34 BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL LOW STARTS AT 27 AND COOLS TO 15 BY THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR NOVEMBER IS 0.49 INCHES. THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER IS CALLING FOR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND EQUAL CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION. $$