Helena Climatic Report

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CLIMATE REPORT 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT

440 PM MDT WED MAY 08 2024



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...THE HELENA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 2024...

VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.



CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020

CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1866 TO 2024





WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST      

                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     

                                                  NORMAL           

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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                          

 TODAY                                                               

  MAXIMUM         43    259 PM  85    1987  64    -21       64       

  MINIMUM         34    541 AM  23    1997  39     -5       42       

  AVERAGE         39                        52    -13       53     



PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    

  TODAY            0.98          1.01 1948   0.05   0.93     0.02     

  MONTH TO DATE    1.01                      0.32   0.69     0.47     

  SINCE OCT 1      6.73                      4.50   2.23     6.79     

  SINCE JAN 1      5.21                      2.67   2.54     3.38     



DEGREE DAYS                                                           

 HEATING                                                              

  TODAY           26                        14     12       12        

  MONTH TO DATE  154                       118     36       44        

  SINCE MAR 1   1515                      1630   -115     1757        

  SINCE JUL 1   6565                      7124   -559     7342        



 COOLING                                                              

  TODAY            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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)       

  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)       

  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.6                                        





SKY COVER                                                             

  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                                 





WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    

THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                             

  LIGHT RAIN                                                          

  LIGHT SNOW                                                          

  FOG                                                                 





RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)

 HIGHEST    92           800 AM                                      

 LOWEST     70           200 PM                                      

 AVERAGE    81                                                        



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THE HELENA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW

                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     

 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        84      1987                      

                                             1994                     

 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        24      2002                      





SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    

MAY  8 2024...........SUNRISE   602 AM MDT   SUNSET   848 PM MDT     

MAY  9 2024...........SUNRISE   601 AM MDT   SUNSET   849 PM MDT     





-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.

R  INDICATES RECORDWAS SET OR TIED.

MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.

T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.









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