PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
929 AM MST SAT DEC 22 2007

...BILLINGS FALL IN REVIEW...

FALL ENDED AT 1108 PM MST ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 21. HERE IS A LOOK
AT THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR THIS FALL
SEASON...WHICH BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 23...FOR BILLINGS. ALL
TEMPERATURES ARE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND ALL PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES. NORMALS ARE 30 YEAR AVERAGES CALCULATED
FROM 1971 TO 2000. RECORDS STARTED BEING RECORDED FOR BILLINGS IN
1934 AND ARE LISTED IF IN THE TOP 20.

OVERALL...THE FALL SEASON WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TERMS OF
TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION FOR BILLINGS. THE 2007 FALL SEASON
MARKS THE 7TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
AT OR ABOVE NORMAL. THE LAST TIME THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
BELOW NORMAL WAS IN 2000 WITH 34.6 DEGREES.

THIS FALL SEASON ALSO MARKS THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT THE
PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL. THE 3 ABOVE NORMAL YEARS WERE
PRECEDED BY A 10 YEAR PERIOD...BETWEEN 1995-2004...OF BELOW
NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THIS STRETCH SAW A TOTAL DEFICIT OF 10.39
INCHES...NEARLY 4 FALL SEASONS WORTH OF PRECIPITATION.

THIS SEASON ALSO SAW ONE OF THE LATEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALLS ON
RECORD. A MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IS DEFINED AS A TENTH OF AN INCH OF
SNOW OR MORE. THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL THIS FALL WAS ON
NOVEMBER 19 WHERE 3.0 INCHES FELL. THIS IS TIED FOR THE 5TH
LATEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ON RECORD.


...SEPTEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 21...


NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE   49.7
2007 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE     51.1

NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE    29.3
2007 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      31.0

NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        39.5
2007 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE          41.1

NORMAL PRECIPITATION              2.72
2007 PRECIPITATION                3.99
8TH WETTEST ON RECORD

NORMAL SNOWFALL                   18.2
2007 SNOWFALL                     10.7


...SEPTEMBER 23 - SEPTEMBER 30...


NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE   68.7
2007 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE     67.9

NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE    43.3
2007 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      42.8

NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        56.0
2007 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE          55.3

NORMAL PRECIPITATION              0.24
2007 PRECIPITATION                0.88
6TH WETTEST ON RECORD

NORMAL SNOWFALL                   0.6
2007 SNOWFALL                     TRACE


...OCTOBER 1 - OCTOBER 31...


NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE   58.9
2007 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE     60.4

NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE    37.2
2007 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      39.9
18TH WARMEST ON RECORD

NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        48.1
2007 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE          50.1

NORMAL PRECIPITATION              1.26
2007 PRECIPITATION                2.48
5TH WETTEST ON RECORD

NORMAL SNOWFALL                   4.2
2007 SNOWFALL                     0.0


...NOVEMBER 1 - NOVEMBER 30...


NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE   42.7
2007 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE     46.4

NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE    25.6
2007 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      26.6

NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        34.1
2007 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE          36.5

NORMAL PRECIPITATION              0.75
2007 PRECIPITATION                0.43

NORMAL SNOWFALL                   7.5
2007 SNOWFALL                     6.8      


...DECEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 21...


NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE   36.0
2007 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE     37.6

NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE    18.5
2007 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      19.7

NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        27.3
2007 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE          28.7

NORMAL PRECIPITATION              0.47
2007 PRECIPITATION                0.20

NORMAL SNOWFALL                   5.8
2007 SNOWFALL                     3.4 

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