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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
1224 AM MST FRI MAR 24 2006

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23 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         47    412 PM  77    1993  50     -3       37       
  MINIMUM         20    629 AM  -9    1965  28     -8       20       
  AVERAGE         34                        39     -5       29      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.38 1994   0.04  -0.04     0.18    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.75                      0.78  -0.03     0.51    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.71                      4.85  -0.14     2.95    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.91                      2.17  -1.26     0.97    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.3  1994   0.4   -0.4      3.7     
  MONTH TO DATE    8.5                       7.7    0.8      7.8     
  SINCE MAR 1      8.5                       7.7    0.8      7.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     33.1                      47.0  -13.9     28.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       2                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       31                        26      5       36       
  MONTH TO DATE  767                       675     92      558       
  SINCE MAR 1    767                       675     92      558       
  SINCE JUL 1   5197                      5828   -631     5171       
                                                                     
 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     49           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    75                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        78      1993                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   28       -12      1955                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 24 2006.........SUNRISE   610 AM MST   SUNSET   632 PM MST   
MARCH 25 2006.........SUNRISE   608 AM MST   SUNSET   633 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 23 MARCH 2006...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................52
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................19

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..................0

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