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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
1224 AM MST THU DEC 8 2005

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 7 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          8    340 PM  60    1939  36    -28       45       
  MINIMUM        -13    611 AM -20    1972  19    -32       29       
  AVERAGE         -2                        28    -30       37      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.45 1958   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.21                      0.14   0.07     0.00    
  SINCE OCT 1      3.57                      2.15   1.42     1.73    
  SINCE JAN 1     15.04                     14.24   0.80    10.83    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.6  1958   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    7.3                       2.1    5.2      0.0     
  SINCE DEC 1      7.3                       2.1    5.2      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     22.7                      15.1    7.6      2.1     
  SNOW DEPTH       4                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       67                        37     30       28       
  MONTH TO DATE  396                       254    142      203       
  SINCE DEC 1    396                       254    142      203       
  SINCE JUL 1   1835                      1931    -96     1664       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1    646                       583     63      449       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    32   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    37   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    19.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    91           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     63           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        66      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   19       -25      1972                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER  8 2005......SUNRISE   743 AM MST   SUNSET   430 PM MST   
DECEMBER  9 2005......SUNRISE   744 AM MST   SUNSET   430 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  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 07 DECEMBER 2005...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................12
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................-16

PRECIPITATION...........................0.00
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............0.34
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL..............16.22

SNOWFALL................................0.0
MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL..................5.6
TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1.............14.4

SNOW DEPTH AT MIDNIGHT..................5

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