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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
1230 AM MST FRI DEC 23 2005

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 22 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         54    424 PM  60    1954  33     21       21       
  MINIMUM         42   1145 PM -26    1990  16     26       -5       
  AVERAGE         48                        25     23        8      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.40 1973   0.02  -0.02     0.07    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.21                      0.44  -0.23     0.07    
  SINCE OCT 1      3.57                      2.45   1.12     1.80    
  SINCE JAN 1     15.04                     14.54   0.50    10.90    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.1  1944   0.3   -0.3      1.6     
  MONTH TO DATE    7.7                       6.6    1.1      1.6     
  SINCE DEC 1      7.7                       6.6    1.1      1.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     23.1                      19.6    3.5      3.7     
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        40    -23       57       
  MONTH TO DATE  978                       830    148      629       
  SINCE DEC 1    978                       830    148      629       
  SINCE JUL 1   2417                      2507    -90     2090       
                                                                     
 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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    58          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    50                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        58      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -20      1983                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER 23 2005......SUNRISE   753 AM MST   SUNSET   434 PM MST   
DECEMBER 24 2005......SUNRISE   754 AM MST   SUNSET   434 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 22 DECEMBER 2005...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................53
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................36

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

SNOWFALL................................0.0
MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL..................5.7
TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1.............14.5

SNOW DEPTH AT MIDNIGHT..................T

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