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CLIBIL


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
125 AM MDT FRI APR 22 2005

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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         36   1133 PM  89    1980  59    -23       52
  MINIMUM         33    935 AM  19    1951  36     -3       33
                                      1967
  AVERAGE         35                        48    -13       43

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.28          0.93 2004   0.06   0.22     0.93
  MONTH TO DATE    3.22                      1.13   2.09     1.41
  SINCE OCT 1      6.33                      6.32   0.01     4.99
  SINCE JAN 1      4.35                      3.64   0.71     2.55

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        2.2           4.5  2004   0.3    1.9      0.6
  MONTH TO DATE   20.0                       6.3   13.7      3.6
  SINCE MAR 1     30.7                      16.6   14.1      4.7
  SINCE JUL 1     51.4                      55.9   -4.5     36.7
  SNOW DEPTH       2

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       30                        17     13       22
  MONTH TO DATE  356                       431    -75      343
  SINCE MAR 1   1106                      1307   -201      970
  SINCE JUL 1   5719                      6460   -741     5814

 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
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.2

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0

WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT RAIN
  SNOW
  LIGHT SNOW
  FOG

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM
 LOWEST     92           300 AM
 AVERAGE    96
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        84      1939
                                             1986
                                             1987
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        17      1967
                                             1999

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 22 2005.........SUNRISE   616 AM MDT   SUNSET   810 PM MDT
APRIL 23 2005.........SUNRISE   614 AM MDT   SUNSET   812 PM MDT

-  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 21 APRIL 2005...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................   40
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................   33

PRECIPITATION........................... 0.36
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL............. 3.66
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............. 5.21

SNOWFALL................................    T
MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL.................. 10.6
TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1............. 39.9

SNOW DEPTH AT 06 PM MDT.................    1

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