000 CDUS45 KBYZ 240734 CLIBIL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 1233 AM MST FRI FEB 24 2006 ................................... ...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1934 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 50 331 PM 61 1981 42 8 51 1976 1954 MINIMUM 23 340 AM -20 1965 22 1 25 AVERAGE 37 32 5 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.47 1947 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.10 0.46 -0.36 0.25 SINCE OCT 1 3.95 3.95 0.00 2.44 SINCE JAN 1 0.15 1.27 -1.12 0.46 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 8.5 1947 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.4 5.0 -3.6 6.0 SINCE DEC 1 9.2 24.8 -15.6 18.6 SINCE JUL 1 24.6 37.8 -13.2 20.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 34 -6 27 MONTH TO DATE 841 837 4 728 SINCE DEC 1 2862 3312 -450 3030 SINCE JUL 1 4301 4989 -688 4491 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 300 AM LOWEST 24 400 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 71 1995 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -17 2003 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2006......SUNRISE 702 AM MST SUNSET 554 PM MST FEBRUARY 25 2006......SUNRISE 700 AM MST SUNSET 555 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$