000 CDUS45 KBYZ 161612 CCA CLIBIL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 1223 AM MST THU MAR 16 2006 ................................... ...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15 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 35 942 AM 70 1992 47 -12 36 MINIMUM 27 1124 PM -7 1943 26 1 25 AVERAGE 31 37 -6 31 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.16 0.27 1935 0.04 0.08 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.20 0.46 -0.30 0.16 SINCE OCT 1 4.12 4.53 -0.41 2.60 SINCE JAN 1 0.32 1.85 -1.53 0.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.4 1935 0.3 -0.3 0.2 MONTH TO DATE 0.7 4.5 -3.8 2.1 SINCE MAR 1 0.7 4.5 -3.8 2.1 SINCE JUL 1 25.3 43.8 -18.5 22.8 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 29 5 34 MONTH TO DATE 486 456 30 322 SINCE MAR 1 486 456 30 322 SINCE JUL 1 4916 5609 -693 4935 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1000 PM LOWEST 41 600 AM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 78 1994 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -13 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 16 2006.........SUNRISE 625 AM MST SUNSET 621 PM MST MARCH 17 2006.........SUNRISE 623 AM MST SUNSET 623 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 15 MARCH 2006... HIGH TEMPERATURE........................36 LOW TEMPERATURE.........................23 PRECIPITATION...........................0.12 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............0.15 YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL..............0.24 SNOWFALL................................0.10 MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL..................1.4 TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1.............16.4 SNOW DEPTH AT MIDNIGHT..................0 &&