Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Glasgow, MT
Issued by NWS Glasgow, MT
000 CXUS55 KGGW 011012 CLMGGW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW, MT 410 AM MDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE GLASGOW MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 108 08/06/1983 08/07/1949 08/06/1949 LOW 28 08/23/1928 HIGHEST 103 08/15 106 LOWEST 52 08/13 49 08/25 AVG. MAXIMUM 88.6 84.8 3.8 92.3 AVG. MINIMUM 59.2 2.0 61.8 MEAN 73.9 71.0 2.9 77.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 14 21 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.72 2014 MINIMUM T 2001 TOTALS 0.53 1.27 -0.74 0.24 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.04 -0.02 0.01 DAYS >= .01 6 3 DAYS >= .10 1 DAYS >= .50 0 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.36 08/20 TO 08/20 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM SNOW DEPTH MM MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.00 0.00 0.00 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 4 30 -26 3 SINCE 7/1 13 41 -28 MM COOLING TOTAL 290 216 74 383 SINCE 1/1 752 535 217 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/230 DATE 08/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 54/220 DATE 08/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.17 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 49 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && AUGUST WAS SLIGHTLY WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR GLASGOW WITH AT LEAST 7 DAYS OF HAZE. THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 73.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE 2 DAYS WITH A HIGH OF 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THE HIGH FOR THE MONTH WAS 103 DEGREES ON AUGUST 16TH WITH THE NEXT NOTABLE HIGH BEING 101 ON THE 19TH. THE LOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 52 ON THE 26TH. THE MONTHLY AVERAGE LOW WAS 59.2 WHICH WAS ONLY 2.6 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE RECORD. THAT ALSO MAKES IT THE 8TH WARMEST AVERAGE LOW FOR THE MONTH IN THE LAST 123 YEARS ON RECORD. IT WAS ALSO A DRIER MONTH WITH ONLY 0.53 INCH OF PRECIPITATION. NORMAL PRECIPITATION IS 1.27 INCHES. IT WAS THE 43RD DRIEST MONTH OUT OF THE 123 YEARS OF RECORD MAKING IT NOT TO FAR OFF FROM NORMAL. FOR COMPARISON AUGUST OF 2022 WAS DRIER WITH ONLY 0.29 INCHES. THERE WERE ONLY 7 DAYS WITH MEASUARBLE PRECIPITATION AND 6 DAYS WITH A TRACE OF RAIN. THE PEAK WIND GUST FOR THE MONTH WAS 54 MPH ON THE 31ST. THERE WERE ALSO PEAK WIND GUSTS OF 43 MPH ON THE 1ST AND 17TH. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 10.5 MPH. LOOKING AHEAD TO SEPTEMBER, THE NORMAL HIGH STARTS WITH 80 ON THE 1ST AND COOLS TO 66 BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL LOW STARTS AT 53 AND COOLS TO 42 BY THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR AUGUST IS 1.03 INCHES. THE CLIMATE PREDICITION CENTER IS CALLING FOR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND EQUAL CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION. $$