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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
1221 AM MST THU MAR 23 2006

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 22 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         36    511 PM  76    1960  49    -13       53       
  MINIMUM         16    425 AM   1    1965  28    -12       34       
  AVERAGE         26                        39    -13       44      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.95 1973   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.75                      0.74   0.01     0.33    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.71                      4.81  -0.10     2.77    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.91                      2.13  -1.22     0.79    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          10.5  1964   0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    8.5                       7.3    1.2      4.1     
  SINCE MAR 1      8.5                       7.3    1.2      4.1     
  SINCE JUL 1     33.1                      46.6  -13.5     24.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       4                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       39                        27     12       21       
  MONTH TO DATE  736                       649     87      522       
  SINCE MAR 1    736                       649     87      522       
  SINCE JUL 1   5166                      5802   -636     5135       
                                                                     
 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     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    10   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     59           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        77      1993                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   28        -9      1965                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 23 2006.........SUNRISE   611 AM MST   SUNSET   631 PM MST   
MARCH 24 2006.........SUNRISE   610 AM MST   SUNSET   632 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 22 MARCH 2006...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................41
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................16

PRECIPITATION...........................0.00
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............0.65
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL..............0.74

SNOWFALL................................0.0
MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL..................7.5
TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1.............22.5

SNOW DEPTH AT MIDNIGHT..................1

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