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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
140 AM MDT TUE MAY 2 2006

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 1 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         66    430 PM  88    1981  62      4       43       
  MINIMUM         36    519 AM  17    1954  39     -3       28       
  AVERAGE         51                        51      0       36      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.38 1997   0.08  -0.08      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.08  -0.08      T      
  SINCE OCT 1      8.13                      7.01   1.12     6.42    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.33                      4.33   0.00     4.44    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.1  1954   0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1     10.5                      18.1   -7.6     31.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     35.1                      57.4  -22.3     52.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                        14      0       29       
  MONTH TO DATE   14                        14      0       29       
  SINCE MAR 1   1395                      1465    -70     1336       
  SINCE JUL 1   5825                      6618   -793     5949       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         2     -2        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         2     -2        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     20           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    51                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        90      1985                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        14      1954                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  2 2006...........SUNRISE   600 AM MDT   SUNSET   823 PM MDT   
MAY  3 2006...........SUNRISE   559 AM MDT   SUNSET   824 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 01 MAY 2006...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................69
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................34

PRECIPITATION...........................0.00
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............0.00
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL..............3.89

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

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

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