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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
132 AM MDT SUN MAY 15 2005

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 14 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         65    455 PM  96    1936  67     -2       62       
  MINIMUM         38    446 AM  28    1953  43     -5       33       
  AVERAGE         52                        55     -3       48      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.23 1976   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.06                      1.12  -0.06     0.22    
  SINCE OCT 1      7.48                      8.05  -0.57     5.31    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.50                      5.37   0.13     2.87    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1945   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    3.1                       1.8    1.3      1.1     
  SINCE MAR 1     34.7                      19.7   15.0      5.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     55.4                      59.0   -3.6     37.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       13                        11      2       17       
  MONTH TO DATE  236                       175     61      161       
  SINCE MAR 1   1543                      1626    -83     1252       
  SINCE JUL 1   6156                      6779   -623     6096       
                                                                     
 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    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (90)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     48           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        91      1936                    
                                             1987                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        32      1945                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 15 2005...........SUNRISE   542 AM MDT   SUNSET   839 PM MDT   
MAY 16 2005...........SUNRISE   541 AM MDT   SUNSET   840 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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