990 CDUS45 KTFX 102240 CLIHLN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 440 PM MDT WED OCT 10 2018 ................................... ...THE HELENA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 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 38 258 PM 87 2015 62 -24 65 MINIMUM 32 758 AM 9 2009 34 -2 29 AVERAGE 35 48 -13 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY T 0.81 1911 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.46 0.26 0.20 0.41 SINCE OCT 1 0.46 0.26 0.20 0.41 SINCE JAN 1 12.47 9.91 2.56 7.60 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 30 17 13 18 MONTH TO DATE 221 152 69 220 SINCE SEP 1 468 389 79 488 SINCE JUL 1 539 458 81 490 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 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 100 AM LOWEST 70 200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE HELENA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 83 1995 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 14 2009 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 10 2018.......SUNRISE 739 AM MDT SUNSET 650 PM MDT OCTOBER 11 2018.......SUNRISE 740 AM MDT SUNSET 648 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$