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CLMGGW
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW, MT
329 AM MDT MON APR 01 2024
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..THE GLASGOW MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 81 03/22/1928
LOW -45 03/12/1897
HIGHEST 71 03/18 42
LOWEST -4 03/07 -3
AVG. MAXIMUM 37.6 41.8 -4.2 25.8
AVG. MINIMUM 17.9 -3.5 7.7
MEAN 27.7 31.6 -3.9 16.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 13 27
DAYS MIN <= 32 28 31
DAYS MIN <= 0 3 5
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 4.25 1898
MINIMUM T 1901
TOTALS 1.02 0.47 0.55 1.06
DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.03
DAYS >= .01 9 9
DAYS >= .10 5
DAYS >= .50 0 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.30 03/20 TO 03/21
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 25.0 1897
SNOW DEPTH 21 03/04/2004
03/03/2004
TOTALS 15.1 5.6 9.5 18.3
LIQUID EQUIV 1.50 0.50 1.00 1.80
SINCE 7/1 42.6 37.3 5.3 60.8
LIQUID 7/1 4.26 3.70 0.56 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 4
DAYS >= TRACE 11 17
DAYS >= 1.0 8 6
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 5 03/22 6 03/11
03/23
03/16
24 HR TOTAL 5.2 03/20 TO 03/21
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1148 1036 112 1489
SINCE 7/1 6427 7241 -814 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/100 DATE 03/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/090 DATE 03/02
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.46
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 6
LIGHT SNOW 10 SLEET 0
FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 8
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
MARCH WAS A COLD AND WET MONTH FOR GLASGOW. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 27.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGH FOR
THE MONTH WAS 71 ON THE 18TH. THE LOW FOR THE MONTH WAS -4 ON THE
7TH. IT WAS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT MARCH WAS COLDER THAN
FEBRUARY WHICH AVERAGED 28.5 DEGREES THIS YEAR.
PRECIPITATION WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH 1.02 INCHES AND 15.1 INCHES
OF SNOWFALL. IT WAS THE 4TH SNOWIEST MARCH ON RECORD. 1897, 2018,
2023 ARE THE YEARS WHEN MARCH HAD MORE SNOW. MORE THAN HALF OF THE
PRECIPITATION (0.56 INCH WITH 9.3 INCHES OF SNOW) FELL BETWEEN THE
20TH AND THE 24TH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR MARCH IS 0.47 INCH.
THE PEAK WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 46 MPH ON THE 2ND. THE
WINDIEST DAY WAS ALSO ON THE 2ND WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF
21.9 MPH. MARCH 23 HAD AN AVERAGE WIND OF 20.5 MPH.
LOOKING AHEAD TO APRIL, THE NORMAL HIGH STARTS AT 51 ON THE 1ST AND
WARMS TO 62 AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL LOW BEGINS AT 29 ON
THE 1ST AND WARMS TO 37 BY THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL
PRECIPITATION FOR APRIL IS 1.01 INCHES AND NORMAL SNOWFALL IS 2.5
INCHES
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