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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
130 AM MDT FRI APR 28 2006

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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    307 PM  84    1987  61      0       44       
  MINIMUM         43   1159 PM  20    1994  38      5       27       
  AVERAGE         52                        50      2       36      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.94 1970   0.07  -0.07     0.06    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.44                      1.53  -0.09     3.28    
  SINCE OCT 1      8.07                      6.72   1.35     6.39    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.27                      4.04   0.23     4.41    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.8  1970   0.2   -0.2      0.4     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.0                       7.5   -5.5     20.4     
  SINCE MAR 1     10.5                      17.8   -7.3     31.1     
  SINCE JUL 1     35.1                      57.1  -22.0     51.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       13                        16     -3       29       
  MONTH TO DATE  412                       530   -118      463       
  SINCE MAR 1   1343                      1406    -63     1213       
  SINCE JUL 1   5773                      6559   -786     5826       
                                                                     
 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    32   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    40   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    58          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     32           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    45                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        88      1987                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        18      1954                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 28 2006.........SUNRISE   606 AM MDT   SUNSET   818 PM MDT   
APRIL 29 2006.........SUNRISE   605 AM MDT   SUNSET   819 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 27 APRIL 2006...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................62
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................42

PRECIPITATION...........................T
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............1.50
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL..............3.85

SNOWFALL................................0.0
MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL..................1.0
TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1.............23.5

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

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