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CXUS55 KGGW 011133
CLMGGW
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW, MT
321 AM MST THU FEB 01 2024
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..THE GLASGOW MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 62 01/17/1919
LOW -56 01/12/1916
HIGHEST 54 01/30 41
LOWEST -37 01/14 -16
AVG. MAXIMUM 22.6 23.5 -0.9 23.6
AVG. MINIMUM 3.2 -2.6 8.2
MEAN 12.9 14.6 -1.7 15.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 23 24
DAYS MIN <= 32 31 31
DAYS MIN <= 0 11 6
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 2.52 1916
MINIMUM T 1973
TOTALS 0.30 0.44 -0.14 0.11
DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.01 -0.00 0.00
DAYS >= .01 7 7
DAYS >= .10 0
DAYS >= .50 0 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.16 01/17 TO 01/18
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 41.6 2011
SNOW DEPTH 25 01/30/2004
TOTALS 5.0 9.8 -4.8 0.7
LIQUID EQUIV 0.50 0.90 -0.40 0.10
SINCE 7/1 20.9 25.5 -4.6 MM
LIQUID 7/1 2.09 2.50 -0.41 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 3
DAYS >= TRACE 10 12
DAYS >= 1.0 3 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 4 01/18 5 01/25
01/19
01/26
24 HR TOTAL MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1606 1561 45 1515
SINCE 7/1 4231 4910 -679 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/330 DATE 01/10
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/330 DATE 01/10
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.49
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 1 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 0
FOG 22 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 11
HAZE 13
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
JANUARY 2024 WAS A MONTH OF TEMPERATURE EXTREMES RESULTING IN A 91
DEGREE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST TEMPERATURES FOR
THE MONTH. OVERALL THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 12.9 DEGREES WHICH
WAS 1.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE MONTH STARTED WITH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND THE FIRST BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURE OF THE WINTER
SEASON OCCURRED ON THE 8TH WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF MINUS 4. THIS
IS LATEST OCCURRENCE OF A BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURE FOR A WINTER
SEASON. AN ARCTIC OUTBREAK NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH, DROPPED THE
TEMPERATURES TO BELOW ZERO FOR 5 DAYS, INCLUDING A RECORD LOW OF
MINUS 35 ON THE 13TH AND A MONTHLY LOW TEMPERATURES OF MINUS 37 ON
THE 14TH. THE MONTH ENDED WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO WELL ABOVE
NORMAL INCLUDING A RECORD HIGH OF 54 DEGREES ON THE 30TH. THIS WAS
ALSO THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH.
JANUARY WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH 3 TENTHS OF AN INCH OF
PRECIPITATION MEASURED COMPARED TO NORMAL PRECIPITATION OF 44
HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 5 INCHES, MOST OF
WHICH FELL DURING THE ARCTIC OUTBREAK FROM THE 11TH TO THE 18TH.
THIS WAS 4.8 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THE ARCTIC OUTBREAK ALSO BROUGHT THE PEAK WIND FOR THE MONTH WITH A
GUST OF 41 MPH ON THE 10TH. THIS DAY ALSO HAD THE HIGHEST AVERAGE
WIND SPEED OF 17.4 MPH. THERE WERE ONLY TWO OTHER DAYS DURING THE
MONTH WITH A WIND GUST OF MORE THAN 30 MPH.
VISIBILITY WAS LIMITED DUE TO FOG, HAZE OR SNOW ON 25 DAYS DURING
THE MONTH, WITH DENSE FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS ON
11 DAYS.
LOOKING AHEAD TO FEBRUARY, THE NORMAL HIGH RISES FROM 25 TO 34
DEGREES WITH NORMAL LOW GOING FROM 7 TO 14 DEGREES. NORMAL
PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY IS 0.34 INCH AND NORMAL SNOWFALL IS 6.2
INCHES.
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