895  
CDUS45 KTFX 180735  
CLIHLN  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT  
135 AM MDT FRI AUG 18 2023  
   
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..THE HELENA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 2023
 
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1866 TO 2023  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 102R 429 PM 100 2020 85 17 93  
MINIMUM 59 555 AM 38 1985 53 6 59  
2002  
AVERAGE 81 69 12 76  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 0.74 2021 0.03 -0.03 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.08 0.59 -0.51 0.15  
SINCE OCT 1 11.24 9.99 1.25 7.24  
SINCE JAN 1 7.83 8.16 -0.33 5.81  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 1995 0.0 0.0 0.0  
1999  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0  
SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 1 8 -7 1  
SINCE JUN 1 79 175 -96 119  
SINCE JUL 1 4 31 -27 2  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 16 5 11 11  
MONTH TO DATE 144 108 36 206  
SINCE JUN 1 447 350 97 542  
SINCE JAN 1 462 357 105 544    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
HAZE  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 64 600 AM  
LOWEST 13 500 PM  
AVERAGE 39  
   
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THE HELENA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 100 2001  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 39 1954  
1995  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 18 2023........SUNRISE 630 AM MDT SUNSET 833 PM MDT  
AUGUST 19 2023........SUNRISE 631 AM MDT SUNSET 831 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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