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Month of October, 2012 — View Current Conditions
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Daily Weekly Monthly Custom
  Max Avg Min Sum
Temperature
Max Temperature 85 °F 59 °F 33 °F
Mean Temperature 64 °F 46 °F 28 °F
Min Temperature 45 °F 33 °F 16 °F
Degree Days
Heating Degree Days (base 65) 37 19 1 584
Cooling Degree Days (base 65) 0 0 0 0
Growing Degree Days (base 50) 13 2 0 74
Dew Point
Dew Point 49 °F 29 °F 9 °F
Precipitation
Precipitation 0.31 in 0.02 in 0.00 in 0.44 in
Snowdepth 0.0 in 0.0 in 0.0 in -
Wind
Wind 56 mph 12 mph 0 mph
Gust Wind 70 mph 30 mph 16 mph
Sea Level Pressure
Sea Level Pressure 30.55 in 30.00 in 29.32 in
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Astronomy
  Rise Set
Actual Time 7:00 AM MDT 6:17 PM MDT
Civil Twilight 6:31 AM MDT 6:46 PM MDT
Nautical Twilight 5:57 AM MDT 7:20 PM MDT
Astronomical Twilight 5:24 AM MDT 7:53 PM MDT
Moon 12:26 AM MDT (10/9) 2:57 PM MDT (10/9)
Length Of Visible Light 12h 15m
Length of Day
11h 17m
Last Quarter, 36% of the Moon is Illuminated
Oct 9
Last Quarter
Oct 15
New
Oct 21
First Quarter
Oct 29
Full
Nov 6
Last Quarter
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Monthly Calendar Overview
Print This Calendar Precipitation: Actual month total 0.44 Normal month total 1.42
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 
1 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 68 | 42
Precip: 0.00
Average: 68 | 40
Precip: 0.06
2 Clear
Actual: 85 | 42
Precip: 0.00
Average: 67 | 39
Precip: 0.05
3 Rain
Actual: 58 | 36
Precip: T
Average: 67 | 39
Precip: 0.06
4 Mostly Cloudy
Actual: 49 | 32
Precip: 0.00
Average: 67 | 38
Precip: 0.06
5 Mostly Cloudy
Actual: 45 | 30
Precip: 0.00
Average: 66 | 38
Precip: 0.05
6 Snow
Actual: 45 | 21
Precip: T
Average: 66 | 38
Precip: 0.05
7 Clear
Actual: 62 | 18
Precip: 0.00
Average: 65 | 37
Precip: 0.05
8 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 60 | 39
Precip: 0.00
Average: 65 | 37
Precip: 0.05
9 Rain
Actual: 48 | 33
Precip: T
Average: 64 | 37
Precip: 0.06
10 Clear
Actual: 72 | 24
Precip: 0.00
Average: 64 | 36
Precip: 0.05
11 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 47 | 28
Precip: 0.00
Average: 64 | 36
Precip: 0.05
12 Clear
Actual: 72 | 32
Precip: 0.00
Average: 63 | 35
Precip: 0.04
13 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 74 | 45
Precip: T
Average: 63 | 35
Precip: 0.05
14 Clear
Actual: 71 | 39
Precip: 0.00
Average: 62 | 35
Precip: 0.05
15 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 78 | 38
Precip: 0.00
Average: 62 | 34
Precip: 0.06
16 Rain
Actual: 71 | 40
Precip: 0.12
Average: 61 | 34
Precip: 0.05
17 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 54 | 41
Precip: 0.00
Average: 61 | 34
Precip: 0.05
18 Clear
Actual: 53 | 34
Precip: 0.00
Average: 61 | 33
Precip: 0.04
19 Clear
Actual: 62 | 26
Precip: 0.00
Average: 60 | 33
Precip: 0.05
20 Clear
Actual: 80 | 36
Precip: 0.00
Average: 60 | 33
Precip: 0.04
21 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 58 | 45
Precip: 0.00
Average: 59 | 32
Precip: 0.04
22 Mostly Cloudy
Actual: 49 | 36
Precip: T
Average: 59 | 32
Precip: 0.04
23 Rain
Actual: 56 | 36
Precip: 0.01
Average: 59 | 32
Precip: 0.04
24 Snow
Actual: 42 | 31
Precip: 0.31
Average: 58 | 31
Precip: 0.04
25 Snow
Actual: 33 | 23
Precip: 0.00
Average: 58 | 31
Precip: 0.04
26 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 39 | 16
Precip: 0.00
Average: 57 | 31
Precip: 0.03
27 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 46 | 18
Precip: 0.00
Average: 57 | 30
Precip: 0.04
28 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 53 | 22
Precip: 0.00
Average: 56 | 30
Precip: 0.03
29 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 64 | 35
Precip: 0.00
Average: 56 | 30
Precip: 0.04
30 Clear
Actual: 67 | 39
Precip: 0.00
Average: 55 | 29
Precip: 0.03
31 Clear
Actual: 73 | 34
Precip: 0.00
Average: 55 | 29
Precip: 0.03
 
Calendar Legend
Sunny
Clear		 Mostly Cloudy
Partly Sunny		 Partly Cloudy
Mostly Sunny		 Cloudy Rain Snow
Hail
Flurries		 Thunderstorms Hazy
Fog		 Sleet '?' denotes
'chance of'		 Unknown
Daily Observations
2012 Temp. (°F) Dew Point (°F) Humidity (%) Sea Level Press. (in) Visibility (mi) Wind (mph) Precip. (in) Events
Oct high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg high sum  
1 68 55 42 46 36 27 86 54 22 30.33 30.18 29.99 10 10 10 24 10 31 0.00  
2 85 64 42 32 29 28 57 35 13 29.94 29.77 29.70 10 10 10 25 8 29 0.00  
3 58 47 36 39 34 31 85 65 44 30.33 29.99 29.70 10 10 10 44 25 53 T Rain
4 49 41 32 30 26 23 82 64 45 30.45 30.39 30.30 10 10 10 29 13 35 0.00  
5 45 38 30 27 23 20 72 56 39 30.44 30.41 30.34 10 10 10 14 5 17 0.00  
6 45 33 21 23 19 14 71 51 30 30.49 30.39 30.20 10 10 5 15 6 21 T Snow
7 62 40 18 28 21 12 73 48 23 30.25 30.05 29.87 10 10 10 22 5 29 0.00  
8 60 50 39 40 32 24 83 57 30 29.94 29.84 29.77 10 10 10 31 16 36 0.00  
9 48 41 33 36 29 25 82 64 45 30.19 30.09 29.95 10 10 9 31 15 38 T Rain
10 72 48 24 30 26 21 88 53 17 30.17 29.99 29.85 10 10 9 22 7 29 0.00  
11 47 38 28 33 29 24 85 67 49 30.36 30.25 30.00 10 10 7 22 9 26 0.00  
12 72 52 32 34 29 25 78 51 24 30.30 29.92 29.69 10 10 10 39 16 49 0.00  
13 74 60 45 38 32 29 56 38 19 30.00 29.79 29.63 10 10 10 31 16 39 T  
14 71 55 39 37 32 27 76 49 22 30.06 30.02 29.98 10 10 10 25 11 31 0.00  
15 78 58 38 40 30 26 60 38 15 29.94 29.79 29.70 10 10 10 22 7 28 0.00  
16 71 56 40 49 38 33 86 56 25 29.77 29.53 29.32 10 10 9 38 11 46 0.12 Rain
17 54 48 41 32 22 15 70 48 26 29.82 29.69 29.51 10 10 10 54 34 67 0.00  
18 53 44 34 23 16 9 43 32 21 30.04 29.92 29.77 10 10 10 56 37 70 0.00  
19 62 44 26 23 18 9 58 39 20 30.05 29.87 29.71 10 10 10 15 6 17 0.00  
20 80 58 36 37 28 23 59 37 14 29.70 29.57 29.44 10 10 10 30 12 36 0.00  
21 58 52 45 40 35 30 71 55 38 30.01 29.88 29.64 10 10 10 28 13 37 0.00  
22 49 43 36 39 36 33 100 80 60 30.01 29.88 29.67 10 10 10 17 11 20 T  
23 56 46 36 43 39 35 100 78 55 29.93 29.77 29.63 10 10 9 38 11 45 0.01 Rain
24 42 37 31 41 33 27 100 88 75 30.17 30.01 29.89 10 6 1 28 14 32 0.31 Rain , Snow
25 33 28 23 26 23 19 92 82 72 30.49 30.30 30.15 10 10 9 26 17 32 0.00 Snow
26 39 28 16 24 21 14 96 72 48 30.55 30.43 30.26 10 10 10 20 6 24 0.00  
27 46 32 18 27 23 16 96 67 37 30.24 30.18 30.09 10 10 10 17 5 25 0.00  
28 53 38 22 33 27 20 89 64 38 30.17 30.06 29.95 10 10 10 21 6 24 0.00  
29 64 50 35 40 36 30 85 61 37 30.04 29.98 29.93 10 10 10 14 4 16 0.00  
30 67 53 39 39 36 33 76 54 32 30.06 30.02 29.96 10 10 10 16 8 17 0.00  
31 73 54 34 36 33 29 89 56 22 30.10 30.03 29.98 10 10 10 24 8 29 0.00  
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