353 CDUS45 KTFX 220747 CLIHLN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 1247 AM MST SAT NOV 22 2008 ................................... ...THE HELENA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 21 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1866 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 44 239 PM 61 1904 39 5 30 MINIMUM 26 1115 PM -18 1946 18 8 10 AVERAGE 35 28 7 20 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 0.52 1921 0.01 0.01 T MONTH TO DATE 0.86 0.39 0.47 0.58 SINCE OCT 1 1.24 1.05 0.19 1.54 SINCE JAN 1 8.52 10.77 -2.25 10.30 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T MONTH TO DATE 0.2 SINCE SEP 1 1.4 SINCE JUL 1 1.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 36 -6 45 MONTH TO DATE 464 674 -210 512 SINCE SEP 1 1295 1588 -293 1277 SINCE JUL 1 1327 1686 -359 1292 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 13 -13 42 SINCE JAN 1 490 277 213 746 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 200 AM LOWEST 36 100 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE HELENA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 68 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 18 -23 1985 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 22 2008......SUNRISE 741 AM MST SUNSET 448 PM MST NOVEMBER 23 2008......SUNRISE 742 AM MST SUNSET 447 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$