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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1243 AM MST THU MAR 31 2005

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 30 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         50    320 PM  79    1978  52     -2       78
  MINIMUM         32    624 AM  -8    1936  30      2       36
  AVERAGE         41                        41      0       57

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             0.32 1989   0.05  -0.05     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.67                      1.07  -0.40     0.11
  SINCE OCT 1      3.11                      5.14  -2.03     3.58
  SINCE JAN 1      1.13                      2.46  -1.33     1.14

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.7  1989   0.4   -0.4      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE   10.7                      10.5    0.2      1.1
  SINCE MAR 1     10.7                      10.5    0.2      1.1
  SINCE JUL 1     31.4                      49.8  -18.4     33.1
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       24                        24      0        8
  MONTH TO DATE  725                       852   -127      625
  SINCE MAR 1    725                       852   -127      625
  SINCE JUL 1   5338                      6005   -667     5469

 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
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    37   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.2

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6

WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  RAIN
  SLEET

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    89          1200 AM
 LOWEST     23           300 PM
 AVERAGE    56
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   52        80      2004
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30         1      1936

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MARCH 31 2005.........SUNRISE   556 AM MST   SUNSET   642 PM MST
APRIL  1 2005.........SUNRISE   554 AM MST   SUNSET   643 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 30 MARCH 2005...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................   51
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................   33

PRECIPITATION...........................    T
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL............. 0.72
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............. 1.55

SNOWFALL................................    T
MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL.................. 10.7
TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1............. 29.3

SNOW DEPTH AT 11 PM MST.................    0

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