Great Falls Climatic Report

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CLIMATE REPORT 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT

138 AM MDT SAT MAY 18 2024



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...THE GREAT FALLS MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 2024...



CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020

CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1886 TO 2024





WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST      

                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     

                                                  NORMAL           

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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                          

 YESTERDAY                                                           

  MAXIMUM         60    146 PM  87    2006  65     -5       61       

  MINIMUM         36   1112 PM  26    2003  39     -3       43       

  AVERAGE         48                        52     -4       52     



PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    

  YESTERDAY        0.01          1.55 1949   0.08  -0.07     0.06     

  MONTH TO DATE    1.80                      1.07   0.73     1.17     

  SINCE OCT 1      8.73                      6.90   1.83    10.18     

  SINCE JAN 1      6.63                      4.62   2.01     6.41     



SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              

  YESTERDAY        T             2.1  1977   0.1   -0.1      0.0      

  MONTH TO DATE    2.2                       1.5    0.7      0.0      

  SINCE MAR 1     14.5                      21.0   -6.5     38.2      

  SINCE JUL 1     51.8                      65.4  -13.6     96.2      

  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 



DEGREE DAYS                                                           

 HEATING                                                              

  YESTERDAY       17                        13      4       13        

  MONTH TO DATE  262                       267     -5      169        

  SINCE MAR 1   1901                      1903     -2     2074        

  SINCE JUL 1   6726                      7373   -647     7540        



 COOLING                                                              

  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0        

  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        1        

  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        1        

  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        1        

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WIND (MPH)                                                            

  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    44   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)       

  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    57   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)       

  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    20.4                                        





SKY COVER                                                             

  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                                 





WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    

THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                         

  LIGHT RAIN                                                          





RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)

 HIGHEST    86           700 AM                                      

 LOWEST     21           200 PM                                      

 AVERAGE    54                                                        



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THE GREAT FALLS MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY

                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     

 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        90      2006                      

 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        27      1903                      

                                             1977                     





SUNRISEAND SUNSET                                                    

MAY 18 2024...........SUNRISE   544 AM MDT   SUNSET   900 PM MDT     

MAY 19 2024...........SUNRISE   543 AM MDT   SUNSET   902 PM MDT     





-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.

R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.

MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.

T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.









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