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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
1230 AM MST FRI JAN 28 2005

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 27 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         49    306 PM  60    1986  34     15       26       
  MINIMUM         23    658 AM -27    1972  16      7      -12       
  AVERAGE         36                        25     11        7      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.34 1995   0.02  -0.02      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.21                      0.73  -0.52     0.25    
  SINCE OCT 1      2.19                      3.41  -1.22     2.69    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.21                      0.73  -0.52     0.25    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.8  1949   0.3   -0.3       T      
  MONTH TO DATE    9.0                       9.4   -0.4      7.4     
  SINCE DEC 1     12.6                      18.3   -5.7     18.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     14.7                      31.3  -16.6     27.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       29                        40    -11       58       
  MONTH TO DATE 1199                      1121     78     1095       
  SINCE DEC 1   2188                      2316   -128     2124       
  SINCE JUL 1   3649                      3993   -344     3723       
                                                                     
 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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        63      1967                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -22      1951                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 28 2005.......SUNRISE   740 AM MST   SUNSET   515 PM MST   
JANUARY 29 2005.......SUNRISE   739 AM MST   SUNSET   516 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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