000 CDUS45 KBYZ 200741 CLIBIL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 139 AM MDT WED APR 20 2005 ................................... ...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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 36 659 PM 87 1962 59 -23 64 MINIMUM 32 1159 PM 11 1951 36 -4 34 AVERAGE 34 47 -13 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.82R 0.69 1957 0.06 0.76 T MONTH TO DATE 2.39 1.01 1.38 0.32 SINCE OCT 1 5.50 6.20 -0.70 3.90 SINCE JAN 1 3.52 3.52 0.00 1.46 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 5.3 R 4.8 1973 0.3 5.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 10.3 5.7 4.6 3.0 SINCE MAR 1 21.0 16.0 5.0 4.1 SINCE JUL 1 41.7 55.3 -13.6 36.1 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 18 13 16 MONTH TO DATE 294 396 -102 306 SINCE MAR 1 1044 1272 -228 933 SINCE JUL 1 5657 6425 -768 5777 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 2 -2 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 2 -2 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN HEAVY SNOW SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 92 200 PM AVERAGE 96 .......................................................... THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 90 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 17 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2005.........SUNRISE 619 AM MDT SUNSET 808 PM MDT APRIL 21 2005.........SUNRISE 617 AM MDT SUNSET 809 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$