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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
130 AM MDT THU MAY 5 2005

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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         70    301 PM  87    1936  63      7       83
  MINIMUM         45    324 AM  21    1967  40      5       43
  AVERAGE         58                        52      6       63

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             1.33 1980   0.08  -0.08      T
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.32  -0.32     0.01
  SINCE OCT 1      6.42                      7.25  -0.83     5.10
  SINCE JAN 1      4.44                      4.57  -0.13     2.66

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.7  1950   0.2   -0.2      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.8   -0.8      0.0
  SINCE MAR 1     31.6                      18.7   12.9      4.7
  SINCE JUL 1     52.3                      58.0   -5.7     36.7
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        7                        14     -7        2
  MONTH TO DATE   83                        56     27       23
  SINCE MAR 1   1390                      1507   -117     1114
  SINCE JUL 1   6003                      6660   -657     5958

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         2     -2        2
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         2     -2        2
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.8

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5

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

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    71           100 AM
 LOWEST     22          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    47
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        84      1936
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        26      1967

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY  5 2005...........SUNRISE   555 AM MDT   SUNSET   827 PM MDT
MAY  6 2005...........SUNRISE   554 AM MDT   SUNSET   828 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 04 MAY 2005...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................   71
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................   40

PRECIPITATION...........................    T
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............    T
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............. 5.34

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

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

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