296 CDUS45 KTFX 040832 CLIHLN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 132 AM MST MON MAR 04 2024 ................................... ...THE HELENA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1866 TO 2024 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 33 441 PM 68 1921 43 -10 37 MINIMUM 11 935 AM -20 1891 21 -10 22 1976 AVERAGE 22 32 -10 30 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 0.31 1998 0.01 0.00 T MONTH TO DATE 0.28 0.04 0.24 T SINCE OCT 1 4.32 2.68 1.64 3.91 SINCE JAN 1 2.80 0.85 1.95 0.50 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.0 1903 0.1 -0.1 T MONTH TO DATE 4.0 0.5 3.5 T SINCE MAR 1 4.0 0.5 3.5 T SINCE JUL 1 51.7 30.1 21.6 26.7 SNOW DEPTH 3 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 43 33 10 35 MONTH TO DATE 111 101 10 99 SINCE MAR 1 111 101 10 99 SINCE JUL 1 5161 5595 -434 5684 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 9 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.8 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 1200 AM LOWEST 58 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE HELENA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 71 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -30 2019 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2024.........SUNRISE 701 AM MST SUNSET 619 PM MST MARCH 5 2024.........SUNRISE 659 AM MST SUNSET 621 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$