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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
1228 AM MST TUE MAR 21 2006

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 20 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         27    427 PM  76    1997  49    -22       46       
  MINIMUM         20    208 AM   0    2002  27     -7       26       
  AVERAGE         24                        38    -14       36      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.11          0.39 1941   0.04   0.07      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.75                      0.66   0.09     0.31    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.71                      4.73  -0.02     2.75    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.91                      2.05  -1.14     0.77    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        1.6           2.8  2002   0.4    1.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    8.5                       6.5    2.0      4.1     
  SINCE MAR 1      8.5                       6.5    2.0      4.1     
  SINCE JUL 1     33.1                      45.8  -12.7     24.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       6                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       41                        27     14       29       
  MONTH TO DATE  656                       595     61      482       
  SINCE MAR 1    656                       595     61      482       
  SINCE JUL 1   5086                      5748   -662     5095       
                                                                     
 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       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE                                       
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     85           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    93                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        73      1960                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   27        -1      2002                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 21 2006.........SUNRISE   615 AM MST   SUNSET   628 PM MST   
MARCH 22 2006.........SUNRISE   613 AM MST   SUNSET   629 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 20 MARCH 2006...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................30
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................21

PRECIPITATION...........................0.06
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............0.65
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL..............0.74

SNOWFALL................................0.6
MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL..................7.5
TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1.............22.5

SNOW DEPTH AT MIDNIGHT..................5

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