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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1231 AM MST SUN JAN 9 2005

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 8 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1934 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         16    420 PM  60    2002  32    -16       40
  MINIMUM          0    727 AM -18    1973  15    -15       28
  AVERAGE          8                        23    -15       34

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.02          0.51 1978   0.03  -0.01     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.11                      0.21  -0.10     0.04
  SINCE OCT 1      2.09                      2.89  -0.80     2.48
  SINCE JAN 1      0.11                      0.21  -0.10     0.04

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.8           7.3  1949   0.4    0.4      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    3.1                       2.6    0.5      1.9
  SINCE DEC 1      6.7                      11.5   -4.8     13.1
  SINCE JUL 1      8.8                      24.5  -15.7     22.3
  SNOW DEPTH       2

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       57                        42     15       31
  MONTH TO DATE  472                       333    139      444
  SINCE DEC 1   1461                      1528    -67     1473
  SINCE JUL 1   2922                      3205   -283     3072

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.8

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7

WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  HEAVY SNOW
  SNOW
  LIGHT SNOW
  FOG
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE
  BLOWING SNOW

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    95           800 AM
 LOWEST     73          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    84
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        67      1953
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -18      1973

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY  9 2005.......SUNRISE   754 AM MST   SUNSET   449 PM MST
JANUARY 10 2005.......SUNRISE   754 AM MST   SUNSET   450 PM MST

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.



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...THE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SOUTHWEST BILLINGS FOR 08 JANUARY 2005...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................   18
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................    2

PRECIPITATION........................... 0.03
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL............. 0.13
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............. 0.13

SNOWFALL................................  0.8
MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL..................  4.7
TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1.............  9.5

SNOW DEPTH AT 10 PM MST.................    3

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