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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
130 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 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    356 PM  88    1985  70     -5       54
  MINIMUM         47    537 AM  29    2002  46      1       37
  AVERAGE         56                        58     -2       46

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.21          0.84 1996   0.08   0.13     0.07
  MONTH TO DATE    1.51                      1.84  -0.33     0.70
  SINCE OCT 1      7.93                      8.77  -0.84     5.79
  SINCE JAN 1      5.95                      6.09  -0.14     3.35

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.1  2002   T      0.0      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        9                         8      1       19
  MONTH TO DATE  279                       257     22      280
  SINCE MAR 1   1586                      1708   -122     1371
  SINCE JUL 1   6199                      6861   -662     6215

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE    3                         5     -2        0
  SINCE MAR 1      3                         7     -4        2
  SINCE JAN 1      3                         7     -4        2
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.7

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7

WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    83          1200 AM
 LOWEST     27           600 PM
 AVERAGE    55
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        90      1941
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        34      1975

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 24 2005...........SUNRISE   533 AM MDT   SUNSET   849 PM MDT
MAY 25 2005...........SUNRISE   532 AM MDT   SUNSET   850 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 23 MAY 2005...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................   67
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................   47

PRECIPITATION........................... 0.19
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL............. 1.75
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............. 7.09

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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