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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
126 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2005

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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         41    150 PM  85    1993  64    -23       80       
                                      1958                          
                                      1943                          
  MINIMUM         26   1130 PM  24    2000  41    -15       49       
  AVERAGE         34                        53    -19       65      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.09          1.10 1946   0.05   0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.79                      0.25   1.54      T      
  SINCE OCT 1      1.79                      0.25   1.54      T      
  SINCE JAN 1     13.26                     12.34   0.92     9.10    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.9           3.1  1972   0.1    0.8      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE   10.8                       0.5   10.3       T      
  SINCE SEP 1     10.8                       1.8    9.0       T      
  SINCE JUL 1     10.8                       1.8    9.0       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       8                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       31                        12     19        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   97                        58     39       45       
  SINCE SEP 1    247                       263    -16      220       
  SINCE JUL 1    302                       308     -6      242       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    6                         3      3        0       
  SINCE SEP 1     67                        47     20       26       
  SINCE JAN 1    646                       583     63      445       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     85           800 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    93                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        86      1980                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        22      2000                    
                                             1952                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  6 2005.......SUNRISE   719 AM MDT   SUNSET   644 PM MDT   
OCTOBER  7 2005.......SUNRISE   720 AM MDT   SUNSET   642 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 OCTOBER 2005...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................39
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................27

PRECIPITATION...........................0.13
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............1.75
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL..............14.30

SNOWFALL................................1.3
MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL..................5.7
TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1.............5.7

SNOW DEPTH AT MIDNIGHT..................1

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