Great Falls Climatic Report

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CLIMATE REPORT 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT

440 PM MDT WED SEP 27 2023



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...THE GREAT FALLS MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 27 2023...

VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.



CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020

CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1886 TO 2023





WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST      

                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     

                                                  NORMAL           

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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                          

 TODAY                                                               

  MAXIMUM         71    159 PM  91    1963  67      4       85       

  MINIMUM         44    635 AM  23    1984  40      4       46       

  AVERAGE         58                        53      5       66     



PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    

  TODAY            T             1.56 1982   0.04  -0.04     0.00     

  MONTH TO DATE    2.49                      1.20   1.29     0.93     

  SINCE OCT 1     18.74                     14.63   4.11    11.14     

  SINCE JAN 1     14.97                     12.35   2.62     9.85     



DEGREE DAYS                                                           

 HEATING                                                              

  TODAY            7                        12     -5        0        

  MONTH TO DATE  119                       218    -99      134        

  SINCE SEP 1    119                       218    -99      134        

  SINCE JUL 1    159                       332   -173      147        



 COOLING                                                              

  TODAY            0                         0      0        1        

  MONTH TO DATE   29                        24      5       71        

  SINCE SEP 1     29                        24      5       71        

  SINCE JAN 1    333                       307     26      532        

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WIND (MPH)                                                            

  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    30   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)       

  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    45   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)       

  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.1                                        





SKY COVER                                                             

  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                                 





WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    

THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                             

  LIGHT RAIN                                                          

  HAZE                                                                





RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)

 HIGHEST    79           300 AM                                      

 LOWEST     33           200 PM                                      

 AVERAGE    56                                                        



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THE GREAT FALLS MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW

                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     

 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        91      2022                      

 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        25      1984                      

                                             1985                     





SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    

SEPTEMBER 27 2023.....SUNRISE   719 AM MDT   SUNSET   713 PM MDT     

SEPTEMBER 28 2023.....SUNRISE   720 AM MDT   SUNSET   711 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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