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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
122 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2005

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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         45    255 PM  86    1939  62    -17       56
  MINIMUM         27    305 AM  17    1950  39    -12       37
  AVERAGE         36                        51    -15       47

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.61 1967   0.07  -0.07      T
  MONTH TO DATE    3.31                      1.74   1.57     1.51
  SINCE OCT 1      6.42                      6.93  -0.51     5.09
  SINCE JAN 1      4.44                      4.25   0.19     2.65

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.4  1967   0.2   -0.2      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE   20.9                       7.6   13.3      3.6
  SINCE MAR 1     31.6                      17.9   13.7      4.7
  SINCE JUL 1     52.3                      57.2   -4.9     36.7
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       29                        15     14       18
  MONTH TO DATE  557                       575    -18      464
  SINCE MAR 1   1307                      1451   -144     1091
  SINCE JUL 1   5920                      6604   -684     5935

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         2     -2        2
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         2     -2        2
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         2     -2        2
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.3

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6

WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    69           100 AM
 LOWEST     33           100 PM
 AVERAGE    51
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        88      1981
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        17      1954

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY  1 2005...........SUNRISE   601 AM MDT   SUNSET   822 PM MDT
MAY  2 2005...........SUNRISE   600 AM MDT   SUNSET   823 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 30 APRIL 2005...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................   46
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................   24

PRECIPITATION........................... 0.00
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL............. 3.79
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............. 5.34

SNOWFALL................................  0.0
MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL.................. 11.0
TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1............. 40.3

SNOW DEPTH AT 11 PM MDT.................    0

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