000 CDUS45 KBYZ 170738 CLIBIL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 1237 AM MST FRI MAR 17 2006 ................................... ...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 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 47 448 PM 78 1994 48 -1 53 MINIMUM 20 706 AM -13 1943 26 -6 29 AVERAGE 34 37 -3 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.22 1989 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.16 0.50 -0.34 0.16 SINCE OCT 1 4.12 4.57 -0.45 2.60 SINCE JAN 1 0.32 1.89 -1.57 0.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.9 1941 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.7 4.9 -4.2 2.1 SINCE MAR 1 0.7 4.9 -4.2 2.1 SINCE JUL 1 25.3 44.2 -18.9 22.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 28 3 24 MONTH TO DATE 517 484 33 346 SINCE MAR 1 517 484 33 346 SINCE JUL 1 4947 5637 -690 4959 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 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 200 AM LOWEST 25 400 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 67 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 -9 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2006.........SUNRISE 623 AM MST SUNSET 623 PM MST MARCH 18 2006.........SUNRISE 621 AM MST SUNSET 624 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 16 MARCH 2006... HIGH TEMPERATURE........................50 LOW TEMPERATURE.........................15 PRECIPITATION...........................0.00 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............0.15 YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL..............0.24 SNOWFALL................................0.0 MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL..................1.4 TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1.............16.4 SNOW DEPTH AT MIDNIGHT..................0 $$