422 CDUS45 KTFX 092240 CLIGTF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 440 PM MDT TUE OCT 9 2018 ................................... ...THE GREAT FALLS MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 2018... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1886 TO 2018 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 44 259 PM 84 1971 61 -17 57 MINIMUM 31 402 AM 6 1985 35 -4 30 AVERAGE 38 48 -10 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.02 0.81 1938 0.04 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.40 0.31 0.09 0.22 SINCE OCT 1 0.40 0.31 0.09 0.22 SINCE JAN 1 13.68 13.06 0.62 12.25 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 27 17 10 21 MONTH TO DATE 220 144 76 211 SINCE SEP 1 557 430 127 496 SINCE JUL 1 677 551 126 525 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 14 21 -7 47 SINCE JAN 1 324 297 27 456 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 65 100 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE GREAT FALLS MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 86 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 4 2009 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 9 2018.......SUNRISE 736 AM MDT SUNSET 649 PM MDT OCTOBER 10 2018.......SUNRISE 737 AM MDT SUNSET 647 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$