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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
144 AM MDT WED APR 19 2006

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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         49    404 PM  83    1936  58     -9       48       
  MINIMUM         34   1201 AM  18    1951  35     -1       32       
  AVERAGE         42                        47     -5       40      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.97 2005   0.06  -0.06     0.97    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.27                      0.95   0.32     1.57    
  SINCE OCT 1      7.90                      6.14   1.76     4.68    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.10                      3.46   0.64     2.70    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             6.4  2002   0.3   -0.3      5.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.9                       5.4   -3.5      5.0     
  SINCE MAR 1     10.4                      15.7   -5.3     15.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     35.0                      55.0  -20.0     36.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       23                        18      5       25       
  MONTH TO DATE  261                       378   -117      263       
  SINCE MAR 1   1192                      1254    -62     1013       
  SINCE JUL 1   5622                      6407   -785     5626       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         2     -2        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         2     -2        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         2     -2        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    33   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    39   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    20.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     29           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        87      1962                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        11      1951                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 19 2006.........SUNRISE   621 AM MDT   SUNSET   806 PM MDT   
APRIL 20 2006.........SUNRISE   619 AM MDT   SUNSET   807 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 18 APRIL 2006...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................52
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................36

PRECIPITATION...........................0.00
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............1.33
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL..............3.68

SNOWFALL................................0.0
MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL..................0.9
TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1.............23.4

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

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