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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
1231 AM MST FRI DEC 9 2005

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 8 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         21    208 PM  66    1939  36    -15       49        
  MINIMUM          7    100 AM -25    1972  19    -12       29       
  AVERAGE         14                        27    -13       39      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.24 1983   0.02  -0.02      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.21                      0.16   0.05      T      
  SINCE OCT 1      3.57                      2.17   1.40     1.73    
  SINCE JAN 1     15.04                     14.26   0.78    10.83    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.2  1945   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    7.3                       2.4    4.9      0.0     
  SINCE DEC 1      7.3                       2.4    4.9      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     22.7                      15.4    7.3      2.1     
  SNOW DEPTH       4                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       51                        37     14       26       
  MONTH TO DATE  447                       291    156      229       
  SINCE DEC 1    447                       291    156      229       
  SINCE JUL 1   1886                      1968    -82     1690       
                                                                     
 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    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    37   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    21.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    63          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     46           900 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        69      1957                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   19       -21      1977                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER  9 2005......SUNRISE   744 AM MST   SUNSET   430 PM MST   
DECEMBER 10 2005......SUNRISE   745 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 08 DECEMBER 2005...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................23
LOW TEMPERATURE......................... 7

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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