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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT                                 
1223 AM MST THU MAR 16 2006

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...THE BILLINGS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15 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         35    942 AM  70    1992  47    -12       36       
  MINIMUM         27   1124 PM  -7    1943  26      1       25       
  AVERAGE         31                        37     -6       31      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.16          0.27 1935   0.04   0.08     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.20                      0.46  -0.30     0.16    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.12                      4.53  -0.41     2.60    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.32                      1.85  -1.53     0.62    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             2.4  1935   0.3   -0.3      0.2     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.7                       4.5   -3.8      2.1     
  SINCE MAR 1      0.7                       4.5   -3.8      2.1     
  SINCE JUL 1     25.3                      43.8  -18.5     22.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       34                        29      5       34       
  MONTH TO DATE  486                       456     30      322       
  SINCE MAR 1    486                       456     30      322       
  SINCE JUL 1   4916                      5609   -693     4935       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     41           600 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
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THE BILLINGS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        78      1994                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   26       -13      1943                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 16 2006.........SUNRISE   625 AM MST   SUNSET   621 PM MST   
MARCH 17 2006.........SUNRISE   623 AM MST   SUNSET   623 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  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 15 MARCH 2006...

HIGH TEMPERATURE........................36
LOW TEMPERATURE.........................23

PRECIPITATION...........................0.12
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL.............0.15
YEARLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL..............0.24

SNOWFALL................................0.10
MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL..................1.4
TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1.............16.4
SNOW DEPTH AT MIDNIGHT..................0


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