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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
128 AM MDT FRI MAY 19 2006

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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         91    345 PM  94    1948  68     23       75       
  MINIMUM         54    429 AM  32    1942  45      9       43       
  AVERAGE         73                        56     17       59      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.34 1978   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.15                      1.44  -1.29     1.26    
  SINCE OCT 1      8.28                      8.37  -0.09     7.68    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.48                      5.69  -1.21     5.70    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.0  1950   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         2.2   -2.2      3.1     
  SINCE MAR 1     10.5                      20.1   -9.6     34.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     35.1                      59.4  -24.3     55.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         9     -9        6       
  MONTH TO DATE  194                       214    -20      259       
  SINCE MAR 1   1575                      1665    -90     1566       
  SINCE JUL 1   6005                      6818   -813     6179       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        8                         0      8        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   15                         0     15        1       
  SINCE MAR 1     15                         2     13        1       
  SINCE JAN 1     15                         2     13        1       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.4                                         
                                                                     
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    55           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     12           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    34                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        92      1992                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        29      1997                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 19 2006...........SUNRISE   538 AM MDT   SUNSET   844 PM MDT   
MAY 20 2006...........SUNRISE   537 AM MDT   SUNSET   845 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 18 MAY 2006...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................92
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................51

PRECIPITATION...........................0.00
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............0.10
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL..............3.99

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

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

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