384 CXUS55 KTFX 011230 AAA CLMHVR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 304 AM MST MON DEC 1 2008 ................................... ...THE HAVRE MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1880 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 78 11/12/1999 11/05/1975 LOW -33 11/20/1896 HIGHEST 70 11/01 49 21 LOWEST 12 11/27 12 0 11/20 AVG. MAXIMUM 47.1 40.8 6.3 44.5 AVG. MINIMUM 25.9 17.3 8.6 20.0 MEAN 36.5 29.1 7.4 32.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 7.6 -7.6 DAYS MIN <= 32 27 26.5 0.5 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 3.5 -3.5 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.42 1958 MINIMUM T 1969 1925 1904 TOTALS 1.28 0.45 0.83 0.08 DAYS >= .01 8 DAYS >= .10 5 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.74 11/04 TO 11/05 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 848 1067 -219 SINCE 7/1 1825 2041 -216 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 300 377 -77 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/320 DATE 11/13 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/320 DATE 11/13 SKY COVER AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && SUMMARY...NOVEMBER WEATHER AT HAVRE ENDED UP BEING WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL...BUT WITH LESS SNOWFALL THAN NORMAL. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FELL IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH...LARGELY THE RESULT OF MOIST PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEMS THAT MOVED ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF THE MONTH. A CANADIAN COLD FRONT DROPPED SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA ON THE 12TH AND 13TH DEPOSITING 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH OF SNOW...WHILE ANOTHER STRONGER SYSTEM LEFT OVER TWO INCHES OF SNOW ON THE 21ST. MOST OF THE REST OF THE MONTH WAS INFLUENCED BY STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGES OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITH ONLY A FEW OTHER WEAK WEATHER SYSTEMS IMPACTING THE AREA. TWO CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS WERE SET AT HAVRE DURING NOVEMBER...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 69 DEGREES ON THE 18TH BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 67 ON THAT DATE IN 1936...ADDITIONALLY THE 0.48 OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL ON THE 5TH BROKE THE PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD OF 0.30 SET IN 1901. KURDY $$