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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
132 AM MDT THU APR 6 2006

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5 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         72    424 PM  80    1960  54     18       61       
  MINIMUM         43    409 AM   0    1936  32     11       39       
  AVERAGE         58                        43     15       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          0.23 1958   0.05  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.14                      0.25  -0.11     0.04    
  SINCE OCT 1      6.77                      5.44   1.33     3.15    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.97                      2.76   0.21     1.17    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.7  1964   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       1.5   -1.5      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      8.5                      11.8   -3.3     10.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     33.1                      51.1  -18.0     31.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        7                        22    -15       15       
  MONTH TO DATE   77                       115    -38       77       
  SINCE MAR 1   1008                       991     17      827       
  SINCE JUL 1   5438                      6144   -706     5440       
                                                                     
 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    33   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    41   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    77          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     36           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    57                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        79      1969                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        10      1939                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  6 2006.........SUNRISE   645 AM MDT   SUNSET   749 PM MDT   
APRIL  7 2006.........SUNRISE   643 AM MDT   SUNSET   750 PM MDT   
                                                                    
-  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 05 APRIL 2006...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................74
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................49

PRECIPITATION...........................0.06
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............0.13
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL..............2.48

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

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

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