CXUS55 KGGW 022243 CLAGGW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 337 PM MST SAT JAN 2 2016 ................................... ...THE GLASGOW MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2015... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2016 AVG AVG AVG DEP FM DEP FM DEP FM HI LO TEMP NORM MAX MIN PCPN NORM SNOW NORM JAN 29.3 9.7 19.5 +5.7 51 -19 0.80 +0.43 20.5 +12.5 FEB 29.9 8.2 19.1 -0.1 49 -18 0.26 0 3.0 -1.4 MAR 53.3 26.5 39.9 +8.2 75 -5 0.75 +0.33 2.8 -1.9 APR 59.2 32.4 45.8 +1.4 81 23 1.19 +0.34 5.3 +3.4 MAY 67.0 40.4 53.7 -1.4 80 29 1.32 -0.60 0 -1.2 JUN 80.9 54.0 67.4 +3.4 98 42 2.58 +0.25 0 0 JUL 86.2 57.2 71.7 +0.6 98 47 1.75 -0.03 0 0 AUG 85.9 54.8 70.3 +0.1 105 38 0.84 -0.40 0 0 SEP 75.6 46.3 61.0 +2.8 95 34 0.57 -0.37 0 -0.2 OCT 62.5 37.5 50.0 +5.3 88 22 1.67 +0.92 0 -1.3 NOV 42.6 21.2 31.9 +2.6 64 -5 0.60 +0.20 1.0 -4.1 DEC 30.0 12.9 21.4 +5.1 56 -12 0.71 +0.31 12.8 +4.8 ANN 58.5 33.4 46.0 +2.8 105 -19 13.04 +1.38 45.4 +10.6 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 113 07/31/1900 LOW -59 02/15/1936 HIGHEST 105 08/14 LOWEST -19 01/04 MEAN 46.0 43.2 +2.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 32 DAYS MAX <= 32 60 DAYS MIN <= 32 162 DAYS MIN <= 0 31 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 22.96 2011 TOTALS 13.04 11.66 +1.38 DAYS >= .01 93 DAYS >= .10 35 DAYS >= .50 7 DAYS >= 1.00 1 24 HR MAX PRECIP 1.36 06/02 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 83.4 2011 TOTALS 45.4 34.8 +10.6 DAYS >= TRACE 52 DAYS >= 1.0 13 24 HR MAX SNOW 6.7 01/05 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 7421 8560 -1139 COOLING TOTAL 619 494 +125 WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 48/260 11/18 48/330 01/08 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 62/310 11/18 62/310 10/11 WEATHER CONDITIONS (NUMBER OF DAYS WITH) THUNDERSTORM 25 FOG 92 FOG <1/4 MILE 22 FREEZING RAIN 2 ................................................. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && 2015 FOR THE MOST PART WILL GO DOWN IN THE RECORD BOOKS FOR GLASGOW AS A WARMER AND WETTER YEAR THAN NORMAL. WITH 13.04 INCHES OF TOTAL PRECIPITATION, THIS IS THE SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW THAT IT HAS BEEN WETTER THAN NORMAL. IT ALSO WAS THE EIGHTH OF THE LAST 9 YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN WETTER THAN NORMAL. THE 45.4 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL WAS 10.6 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. 2015 AVERAGED 46.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT ALSO WAS THE 3RD WARMEST YEAR SINCE RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT. 15 DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE TIED OR BROKEN WHILE THERE WERE ONLY 2 RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN. JANUARY WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN THE TEMPERATURE DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO SNOWIER THAN NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 5.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WHILE THE 20.5 INCHES OF SNOW WAS 12.3 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 0.43 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 0.37 INCHES. FEBRUARY AVERAGED CLOSE TO NORMAL IN BOTH TEMPERATURES AND LIQUID PRECIPITATION BUT SNOWFALL FELL SHORT OF THE AVERAGE BY 1.4 INCHES, WITH A TOTAL OF 3 INCHES. MARCH WAS A VERY WARM MONTH AND IN FACT THE 4TH WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 39.9 DEGREES WAS 8.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS ALSO A WET MONTH WITH 0.75 INCHES BEING A THIRD OF AN INCH ABOVE NORMAL. SNOWFALL HOWEVER TOTALED 2.8 INCHES, WHICH FELL SHORT OF THE NORMAL BY 1.9 INCHES. APRIL WAS WETTER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL. THE 1.19 INCHES OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 0.34 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. APRIL WAS ALSO THE THIRD SNOWIEST MONTH OF THE YEAR WITH 5.3 INCHES, WHICH WAS 3.4 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. MAY WAS THE COLDEST MONTH OF THE YEAR IN TERMS OF DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL. THE 53.7 DEGREES WAS 1.4 DEGREES SHY OF NORMAL. IT WAS ALSO A DRY MONTH, WITH 1.32 INCHES COMING UP SHY OF THE NORMAL BY 0.60 INCHES. JUNE WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 67.4 DEGREES, 3.4 ABOVE NORMAL. THE 2.58 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS ONLY A QUARTER OF AN INCH ABOVE NORMAL. JULY WAS TYPICAL WITH THE TEMPERATURE ONLY 0.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION WAS ONLY 0.03 BELOW THE NORMAL MARK. AUGUST ALSO CAME OUT CLOSE TO NORMAL (0.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL) BUT FEATURED THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OF THE SUMMER (OF 105 DEGREES). THE 0.84 INCHES OF RAIN CAME UP SHORT OF THE NORMAL BY 0.40 INCHES. SEPTEMBER STARTED A STRING OF WARMER THAN NORMAL MONTHS, WITH 61 DEGREES TOPPING OUT ABOVE THE NORMAL BY 2.8 DEGREES. IT WAS ALSO DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 0.57 INCHES. OCTOBER'S 50.0 DEGREES WAS 5.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS ALSO A VERY WET MONTH WITH 1.67 INCHES BEING 0.92 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. NOVEMBER WAS ALSO WET WITH 0.60 INCHES BEING 0.20" ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 31.9 DEGREES WAS 2.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. DECEMBER'S 21.4 DEGREES AVERAGED 5.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS ALSO A SNOWY MONTH WITH 12.8 INCHES BEING 4.8 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE LIQUID PRECIPITATION OF 0.71" WAS 0.31" ABOVE NORMAL. $$ BURLESON/JAMBA