000 CDUS45 KBYZ 280730 CLIBIL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 1228 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2006 ................................... ...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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 69 306 PM 70 1992 43 26 49 MINIMUM 44 1135 PM -15 1962 23 21 24 AVERAGE 57 33 24 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.37 1970 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.10 0.55 -0.45 0.25 SINCE OCT 1 3.95 4.04 -0.09 2.44 SINCE JAN 1 0.15 1.36 -1.21 0.46 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.8 1951 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.4 6.0 -4.6 6.0 SINCE DEC 1 9.2 25.8 -16.6 18.6 SINCE JUL 1 24.6 38.8 -14.2 20.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 8 33 -25 28 MONTH TO DATE 954 969 -15 821 SINCE DEC 1 2975 3444 -469 3123 SINCE JUL 1 4414 5121 -707 4584 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 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 41 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 42 1000 PM LOWEST 18 100 PM AVERAGE 30 .......................................................... THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 71 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -17 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2006......SUNRISE 655 AM MST SUNSET 559 PM MST MARCH 1 2006.........SUNRISE 653 AM MST SUNSET 601 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...THE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SOUTHWEST BILLINGS FOR 27 FEBRUARY 2006... HIGH TEMPERATURE........................71 LOW TEMPERATURE.........................36 PRECIPITATION...........................0.00 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............0.05 YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL..............0.07 SNOWFALL................................0.0 MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL..................0.5 TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1.............15.0 SNOW DEPTH AT MIDNIGHT..................0 $$