000 CDUS45 KBYZ 101247 CLIBIL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 546 AM MST THU MAR 10 2005 ................................... ...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 9 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 72R 152 PM 72 2005 45 27 70 MINIMUM 40 829 PM -13 1951 25 15 37 AVERAGE 56 35 21 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 0.75 1935 0.03 0.00 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.27 -0.24 0.06 SINCE OCT 1 2.47 4.34 -1.87 3.53 SINCE JAN 1 0.49 1.66 -1.17 1.09 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 13.1 1935 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.7 -2.7 1.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 2.7 -2.7 1.0 SINCE JUL 1 20.7 42.0 -21.3 33.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 30 -21 11 MONTH TO DATE 170 280 -110 244 SINCE MAR 1 170 280 -110 244 SINCE JUL 1 4783 5433 -650 5088 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 39 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 46 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 21.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 800 PM LOWEST 8 200 PM AVERAGE 42 .......................................................... THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 71 1972 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -15 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 10 2005.........SUNRISE 636 AM MST SUNSET 614 PM MST MARCH 11 2005.........SUNRISE 634 AM MST SUNSET 615 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$