000 CDUS45 KBYZ 281247 CLIBIL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 646 AM MDT THU APR 28 2005 ................................... ...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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 44 1207 AM 84 1987 61 -17 82 MINIMUM 27 1159 PM 20 1994 38 -11 51 AVERAGE 36 50 -14 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 0.94 1970 0.07 -0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.28 1.53 1.75 1.42 SINCE OCT 1 6.39 6.72 -0.33 5.00 SINCE JAN 1 4.41 4.04 0.37 2.56 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.4 6.8 1970 0.2 0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 20.4 7.5 12.9 3.6 SINCE MAR 1 31.1 17.8 13.3 4.7 SINCE JUL 1 51.8 57.1 -5.3 36.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 16 13 0 MONTH TO DATE 463 530 -67 407 SINCE MAR 1 1213 1406 -193 1034 SINCE JUL 1 5826 6559 -733 5878 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 2 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 2 SINCE MAR 1 0 2 -2 2 SINCE JAN 1 0 2 -2 2 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 500 AM LOWEST 56 400 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 88 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 18 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 28 2005.........SUNRISE 606 AM MDT SUNSET 818 PM MDT APRIL 29 2005.........SUNRISE 604 AM MDT SUNSET 819 PM MDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$