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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
140 AM MDT THU AUG 18 2005

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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         88    212 PM  99    1970  85      3       83
                                      1959
  MINIMUM         60   1159 PM  39    2002  58      2       62
  AVERAGE         74                        71      3       73

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.01          0.79 1990   0.02  -0.01      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.15                      0.43  -0.28     0.08
  SINCE OCT 1     12.47                     13.01  -0.54    10.20
  SINCE JAN 1     10.49                     10.33   0.16     7.76

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0
                                      2000
                                      2000
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE JUN 1      T                         0.0    0.0       T
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0       T
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE   23                         1     22        5
  SINCE JUN 1    155                       111     44      147
  SINCE JUL 1     33                        21     12       12

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        9                         7      2        8
  MONTH TO DATE  126                       129     -3       95
  SINCE JUN 1    504                       446     58      368
  SINCE JAN 1    507                       461     46      370
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    36   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    45   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.6

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4

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

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    67          1000 PM
 LOWEST     18           200 PM
 AVERAGE    43
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       101      1964
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        46      1985
                                             1978

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 18 2005........SUNRISE   618 AM MDT   SUNSET   817 PM MDT
AUGUST 19 2005........SUNRISE   619 AM MDT   SUNSET   815 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 17 AUGUST 2005...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................   90
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................   61

PRECIPITATION........................... 0.03
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL............. 0.21
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL..............11.23

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

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

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