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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
137 AM MDT THU APR 20 2006

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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         56    458 PM  87    1962  59     -3       36       
  MINIMUM         37    617 AM  11    1951  36      1       32       
  AVERAGE         47                        47      0       34      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.82 2005   0.06  -0.06     0.82    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.27                      1.01   0.26     2.39    
  SINCE OCT 1      7.90                      6.20   1.70     5.50    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.10                      3.52   0.58     3.52    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.3  2005   0.3   -0.3      5.3     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.9                       5.7   -3.8     10.3     
  SINCE MAR 1     10.4                      16.0   -5.6     21.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     35.0                      55.3  -20.3     41.7     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       18                        18      0       31       
  MONTH TO DATE  279                       396   -117      294       
  SINCE MAR 1   1210                      1272    -62     1044       
  SINCE JUL 1   5640                      6425   -785     5657       
                                                                     
 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    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    55          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     22           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    39                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        90      1980                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        17      1966                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 20 2006.........SUNRISE   619 AM MDT   SUNSET   807 PM MDT   
APRIL 21 2006.........SUNRISE   618 AM MDT   SUNSET   809 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 19 APRIL 2006...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................58
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................38

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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