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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1222 AM MST TUE MAR 1 2005

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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         52    432 PM  71    1992  43      9       38
  MINIMUM         19    707 AM -17    1962  23     -4       27
  AVERAGE         36                        33      3       33

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.34 1953   0.03  -0.03     0.15
  MONTH TO DATE    0.25                      0.58  -0.33     0.59
  SINCE OCT 1      2.44                      4.07  -1.63     3.28
  SINCE JAN 1      0.46                      1.39  -0.93     0.84

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.3  1979   0.3   -0.3      0.9
  MONTH TO DATE    6.0                       6.5   -0.5      1.4
  SINCE DEC 1     18.6                      26.3   -7.7     20.1
  SINCE JUL 1     20.7                      39.3  -18.6     29.3
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       29                        32     -3       32
  MONTH TO DATE  850                      1001   -151      904
  SINCE DEC 1   3152                      3476   -324     3209
  SINCE JUL 1   4613                      5153   -540     4808

 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     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.9

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0

WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    68           500 AM
 LOWEST     24           400 PM
 AVERAGE    46
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        67      1992
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23       -10      1960

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MARCH  1 2005.........SUNRISE   652 AM MST   SUNSET   601 PM MST
MARCH  2 2005.........SUNRISE   651 AM MST   SUNSET   603 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 28 FEBRUARY 2005...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................   54
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................   18

PRECIPITATION........................... 0.00
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL............. 0.38
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............. 0.83

SNOWFALL................................  0.0
MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL..................  4.9
TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1............. 18.6

SNOW DEPTH AT 10 PM MST.................    0

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