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CLIBIL


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
132 AM MDT SUN APR 23 2006

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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         76    243 PM  84    1939  60     16       53       
                                      1986                          
                                      1987                          
  MINIMUM         44    458 AM  17    1967  37      7       35       
                                      1999                          
  AVERAGE         60                        48     12       44      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.87 1958   0.06  -0.06     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.27                      1.19   0.08     3.22    
  SINCE OCT 1      7.90                      6.38   1.52     6.33    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.10                      3.70   0.40     4.35    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.9  1958   0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.9                       6.5   -4.6     20.0     
  SINCE MAR 1     10.4                      16.8   -6.4     30.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     35.0                      56.1  -21.1     51.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                        17    -12       21       
  MONTH TO DATE  311                       448   -137      377       
  SINCE MAR 1   1242                      1324    -82     1127       
  SINCE JUL 1   5672                      6477   -805     5740       
                                                                     
 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    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    70           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     19           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    45                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        82      1943                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        20      1967                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 23 2006.........SUNRISE   614 AM MDT   SUNSET   811 PM MDT   
APRIL 24 2006.........SUNRISE   613 AM MDT   SUNSET   813 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 22 APRIL 2006...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................79
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................39

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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