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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
124 AM MDT FRI MAY 6 2005

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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         69    349 PM  84    1936  64      5       77
  MINIMUM         47    536 AM  26    1967  41      6       50
  AVERAGE         58                        52      6       64

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.51 1978   0.08  -0.08     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.40  -0.40     0.01
  SINCE OCT 1      6.42                      7.33  -0.91     5.10
  SINCE JAN 1      4.44                      4.65  -0.21     2.66

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1960   0.1   -0.1      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.9   -0.9      0.0
  SINCE MAR 1     31.6                      18.8   12.8      4.7
  SINCE JUL 1     52.3                      58.1   -5.8     36.7
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        7                        13     -6        1
  MONTH TO DATE   90                        69     21       24
  SINCE MAR 1   1397                      1520   -123     1115
  SINCE JUL 1   6010                      6673   -663     5959

 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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.0

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    77           400 AM
 LOWEST     31           300 PM
 AVERAGE    54
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        89      1992
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        31      1938

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY  6 2005...........SUNRISE   554 AM MDT   SUNSET   828 PM MDT
MAY  7 2005...........SUNRISE   552 AM MDT   SUNSET   830 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 05 MAY 2005...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................   72
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................   49

PRECIPITATION...........................    T
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL............. 0.00
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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