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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
126 AM MDT SUN MAY 22 2005

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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    355 PM  91    1980  69      0       69
  MINIMUM         51    458 AM  31    1963  46      5       45
  AVERAGE         60                        57      3       57

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.04          2.83 1952   0.08  -0.04     0.10
  MONTH TO DATE    1.30                      1.68  -0.38     0.42
  SINCE OCT 1      7.72                      8.61  -0.89     5.51
  SINCE JAN 1      5.74                      5.93  -0.19     3.07

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1999   0.1   -0.1      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    3.1                       2.5    0.6      1.1
  SINCE MAR 1     34.7                      20.4   14.3      5.8
  SINCE JUL 1     55.4                      59.7   -4.3     37.8
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        5                         9     -4        8
  MONTH TO DATE  266                       241     25      247
  SINCE MAR 1   1573                      1692   -119     1338
  SINCE JUL 1   6186                      6845   -659     6182

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE    3                         3      0        0
  SINCE MAR 1      3                         5     -2        2
  SINCE JAN 1      3                         5     -2        2
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    40   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    48   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    18.2

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3

WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT RAIN

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    86          1200 AM
 LOWEST     19           200 PM
 AVERAGE    53
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        94      1980
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        32      1963

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 22 2005...........SUNRISE   535 AM MDT   SUNSET   847 PM MDT
MAY 23 2005...........SUNRISE   534 AM MDT   SUNSET   848 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 21 MAY 2005...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................   70
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................   49

PRECIPITATION........................... 0.01
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL............. 1.56
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............. 6.90

SNOWFALL................................  0.0
MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL..................  1.2
TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1............. 41.5

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

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