000 CDUS45 KTFX 180801 CLIHLN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 201 AM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009 ................................... ...THE HELENA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1866 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 75 442 PM 98 2001 83 -8 96 MINIMUM 45 550 AM 38 2002 51 -6 56 1985 AVERAGE 60 67 -7 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.60 1975 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.85 0.73 1.12 0.03 SINCE OCT 1 9.95 9.71 0.24 7.76 SINCE JAN 1 7.94 8.11 -0.17 6.16 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.2 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 5 2 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 34 13 21 0 SINCE JUN 1 218 212 6 158 SINCE JUL 1 51 55 -4 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 11 MONTH TO DATE 67 65 2 121 SINCE JUN 1 257 226 31 410 SINCE JAN 1 277 229 48 428 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 25 500 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE HELENA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 100 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 39 1995 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2009........SUNRISE 630 AM MDT SUNSET 832 PM MDT AUGUST 19 2009........SUNRISE 632 AM MDT SUNSET 831 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$