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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
1221 AM MST THU MAR 30 2006

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 29 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         61    255 PM  76    1978  52      9       57       
  MINIMUM         41    629 AM  -5    1987  30     11       36       
  AVERAGE         51                        41     10       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        1.13R         0.50 1977   0.04   1.09      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.88                      1.02   0.86     0.67    
  SINCE OCT 1      5.84                      5.09   0.75     3.11    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.04                      2.41  -0.37     1.13    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.5  1977   0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    8.5                      10.1   -1.6     10.7     
  SINCE MAR 1      8.5                      10.1   -1.6     10.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     33.1                      49.4  -16.3     31.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                        25    -11       18       
  MONTH TO DATE  884                       828     56      701       
  SINCE MAR 1    884                       828     56      701       
  SINCE JUL 1   5314                      5981   -667     5314       
                                                                     
 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    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     36           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   52        79      1978                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30        -8      1936                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 30 2006.........SUNRISE   558 AM MST   SUNSET   640 PM MST   
MARCH 31 2006.........SUNRISE   556 AM MST   SUNSET   641 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 29 MARCH 2006...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................63
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................39

PRECIPITATION...........................1.13
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............1.78
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL..............1.87

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

SNOW DEPTH AT MIDNIGHT..................0

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