000 CDUS45 KBYZ 250740 CLIBIL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 1238 AM MST FRI MAR 25 2005 ................................... ...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 24 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 22 400 PM 78 1993 50 -28 74 MINIMUM 17 818 AM -12 1955 28 -11 43 AVERAGE 20 39 -19 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.14 0.69 1942 0.04 0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.65 0.82 -0.17 0.10 SINCE OCT 1 3.09 4.89 -1.80 3.57 SINCE JAN 1 1.11 2.21 -1.10 1.13 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 2.8 6.9 1954 0.4 2.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 10.6 8.1 2.5 1.1 SINCE MAR 1 10.6 8.1 2.5 1.1 SINCE JUL 1 31.3 47.4 -16.1 33.1 SNOW DEPTH 5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 45 26 19 6 MONTH TO DATE 603 701 -98 536 SINCE MAR 1 603 701 -98 536 SINCE JUL 1 5216 5854 -638 5380 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 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 500 AM LOWEST 77 1200 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 74 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 -12 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 25 2005.........SUNRISE 607 AM MST SUNSET 634 PM MST MARCH 26 2005.........SUNRISE 605 AM MST SUNSET 635 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$