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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
1231 AM MST WED MAR 29 2006

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 28 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         67    257 PM  79    1986  51     16       68       
  MINIMUM         28    547 AM   1    1965  29     -1       43       
  AVERAGE         48                        40      8       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.58 2000   0.04  -0.04     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.75                      0.98  -0.23     0.67    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.71                      5.05  -0.34     3.11    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.91                      2.37  -1.46     1.13    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.0  1998   0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    8.5                       9.7   -1.2     10.7     
  SINCE MAR 1      8.5                       9.7   -1.2     10.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     33.1                      49.0  -15.9     31.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        25     -8        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  870                       803     67      683       
  SINCE MAR 1    870                       803     67      683       
  SINCE JUL 1   5300                      5956   -656     5296       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    69           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     18           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    44                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   52        76      1978                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30        -5      1987                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 29 2006.........SUNRISE   600 AM MST   SUNSET   639 PM MST   
MARCH 30 2006.........SUNRISE   558 AM MST   SUNSET   640 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 28 MARCH 2006...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................71
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................25

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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