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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
121 AM MDT MON MAY 1 2006

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 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   1013 AM  86    1939  62     -1       45       
  MINIMUM         41    605 AM  17    1950  39      2       27       
  AVERAGE         51                        51      0       36      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.06          0.61 1967   0.07  -0.01     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.50                      1.74  -0.24     3.31    
  SINCE OCT 1      8.13                      6.93   1.20     6.42    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.33                      4.25   0.08     4.44    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.4  1967   0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.0                       7.6   -5.6     20.9     
  SINCE MAR 1     10.5                      17.9   -7.4     31.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     35.1                      57.2  -22.1     52.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                        15     -1       29       
  MONTH TO DATE  450                       575   -125      557       
  SINCE MAR 1   1381                      1451    -70     1307       
  SINCE JUL 1   5811                      6604   -793     5920       
                                                                     
 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    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    70           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     41          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        88      1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        17      1954                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  1 2006...........SUNRISE   602 AM MDT   SUNSET   822 PM MDT   
MAY  2 2006...........SUNRISE   600 AM MDT   SUNSET   823 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 30 APRIL 2006...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................63
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................38

PRECIPITATION...........................0.04
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............1.54
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL..............3.89

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

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

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