Great Falls Climatic Report

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CLIMATE REPORT 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT

146 AM MDT THU MAY 09 2024



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...THE GREAT FALLS MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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         42    926 PM  88    1987  62    -20       64       

  MINIMUM         32    149 AM  21    1999  36     -4       39       

  AVERAGE         37                        49    -12       52     



PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    

  YESTERDAY        0.35          0.97 1948   0.06   0.29      T       

  MONTH TO DATE    1.50                      0.44   1.06     0.89     

  SINCE OCT 1      8.43                      6.27   2.16     9.90     

  SINCE JAN 1      6.33                      3.99   2.34     6.13     



SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              

  YESTERDAY        0.3           0.4  1996   0.1    0.2      0.0      

                                      2002                           

  MONTH TO DATE    2.2                       0.9    1.3      0.0      

  SINCE MAR 1     14.5                      20.4   -5.9     38.2      

  SINCE JUL 1     51.8                      64.8  -13.0     96.2      

  SNOW DEPTH       2                                                 



DEGREE DAYS                                                           

 HEATING                                                              

  YESTERDAY       28                        16     12       13        

  MONTH TO DATE  181                       138     43       75        

  SINCE MAR 1   1820                      1774     46     1980        

  SINCE JUL 1   6645                      7244   -599     7446        



 COOLING                                                              

  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0        

  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0        

  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        0        

  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0        

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WIND (MPH)                                                            

  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    35   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)       

  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    48   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)       

  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    23.5                                        





SKY COVER                                                             

  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                                 





WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    

THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                         

  MIXED PRECIP                                                        

  LIGHT RAIN                                                          

  LIGHT SNOW                                                          

  FOG                                                                 

  BLOWING SNOW                                                        





RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)

 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                      

 LOWEST     79           700 PM                                      

 AVERAGE    90                                                        



..........................................................THE GREAT FALLS MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY

                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     

 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        85      1987                      

 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        24      1990                      





SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    

MAY  9 2024...........SUNRISE   556 AM MDT   SUNSET   849 PM MDT     

MAY 10 2024...........SUNRISE   554 AM MDT   SUNSET   850 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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