421 CDUS45 KTFX 092240 CLIHLN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 440 PM MDT TUE OCT 9 2018 ................................... ...THE HELENA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 2018... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1866 TO 2018 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 38 247 PM 84 1942 62 -24 56 1910 MINIMUM 33 1107 AM 6 1985 35 -2 27 AVERAGE 36 48 -12 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.18 0.36 1938 0.02 0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.34 0.23 0.11 0.41 SINCE OCT 1 0.34 0.23 0.11 0.41 SINCE JAN 1 12.35 9.88 2.47 7.60 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 29 17 12 23 MONTH TO DATE 190 135 55 202 SINCE SEP 1 437 372 65 470 SINCE JUL 1 508 441 67 472 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 18 23 -5 66 SINCE JAN 1 410 406 4 702 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 900 AM LOWEST 70 200 AM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE HELENA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 87 2015 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 9 2009 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 9 2018.......SUNRISE 737 AM MDT SUNSET 652 PM MDT OCTOBER 10 2018.......SUNRISE 739 AM MDT SUNSET 650 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$