2006 Year in Review: Billings, MT
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
626 AM MST WED JAN 3 2007
...2006 YEAR IN REVIEW FOR BILLINGS...
2006 TURNED OUT TO BE ABOVE NORMAL FOR BILLINGS FOR TEMPERATURES
AND BELOW NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION. THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF
THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR BILLINGS FOR
2006. 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.
...BILLINGS MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IN INCHES...
MONTH NORMALS 2006 VALUES DEPARTURE
JANUARY 0.81 0.05 -0.76
FEBRUARY 0.58 0.11 -0.47
MARCH 1.12 2.67 +1.55
APRIL 1.74 1.50 -0.24
MAY 2.48 1.14 -1.34
JUNE 1.89 0.49 -1.40
JULY 1.28 0.40 -0.88
AUGUST 0.85 0.42 -0.43
SEPTEMBER 1.34 2.73 +1.39
OCTOBER 1.26 2.22 +1.96
NOVEMBER 0.75 0.86 +0.11
DECEMBER 0.67 0.52 -0.15
YEAR 14.77 13.11 -1.66
2006 MARKS THE 7TH OUT OF THE PAST 8 YEARS THAT THE YEARLY
PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL. THE ONLY YEAR IN THAT STRETCH
THAT WAS ABOVE NORMAL WAS IN 2005 WHEN 15.27 INCHES OF MOISTURE
FELL. FROM 1999 THROUGH 2006...THE PRECIPITATION DEFICIT FROM
NORMAL WAS 26.40 INCHES. THIS IS ONLY A FEW INCHES SHY OF 2 YEARS
WORTH OF MOISTURE.
...BILLINGS 2006 TOP 3 DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION...
1.13 MARCH 29
1.03 SEPTEMBER 16
0.76 APRIL 17
ALL TIME RECORD...2.91 ON JUNE 8 1997
...BILLINGS AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...
MONTH NORMALS 2006 VALUES DEPARTURE
JANUARY 24.0 37.9 +13.9
FEBRUARY 29.8 30.0 +0.2
MARCH 37.0 34.7 -2.3
APRIL 46.1 49.8 +3.7
MAY 55.7 58.1 +2.4
JUNE 65.2 68.6 +3.4
JULY 72.0 78.0 +6.0
AUGUST 70.9 71.4 +0.5
SEPTEMBER 59.5 59.6 +0.1
OCTOBER 48.1 44.4 -3.7
NOVEMBER 34.1 35.7 +1.6
DECEMBER 26.1 31.6 +5.5
YEAR 47.4 50.1 +2.7
THE 2006 YEARLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE RANKS AS THE 5TH WARMEST
YEAR ON RECORD. THIS YEAR MARKS THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE
YEAR THAT THE YEARLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOVE NORMAL.
...BILLINGS AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES...
MONTH NORMALS 2006 VALUES DEPARTURE
JANUARY 32.8 47.3 +14.5
FEBRUARY 39.5 41.5 +2.0
MARCH 47.6 46.1 -1.5
APRIL 57.5 61.7 +4.2
MAY 67.4 71.2 +3.8
JUNE 78.0 82.5 +4.5
JULY 85.8 93.1 +7.3
AUGUST 84.5 86.2 +1.7
SEPTEMBER 71.8 72.0 +0.2
OCTOBER 58.9 54.3 -4.6
NOVEMBER 42.7 45.9 +3.2
DECEMBER 34.5 40.9 +6.4
YEAR 58.4 62.0 +1.6
THE 2006 YEARLY AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE RANKS AS THE 5TH WARMEST
YEAR ON RECORD ALONG WITH 1953. THIS YEAR MARKS THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE
YEAR THAT THE YEARLY AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS ABOVE NORMAL.
...BILLINGS AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES...
MONTH NORMALS 2006 VALUES DEPARTURE
JANUARY 15.1 28.6 +13.5
FEBRUARY 20.1 18.5 -1.6
MARCH 26.4 23.2 -3.2
APRIL 34.7 37.8 +3.1
MAY 44.0 45.1 +1.1
JUNE 52.5 54.7 +2.2
JULY 58.3 62.9 +4.6
AUGUST 57.3 56.6 -0.7
SEPTEMBER 47.1 47.2 +0.1
OCTOBER 37.2 34.6 -2.6
NOVEMBER 25.6 25.5 -0.1
DECEMBER 17.7 22.2 +4.5
YEAR 36.3 38.2 +1.9
THE 2006 YEARLY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE RANKS AS THE 4TH WARMEST
YEAR ON RECORD ALONG WITH 2003. THIS YEAR MARKS THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE
YEAR THAT THE YEARLY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS ABOVE NORMAL.
...BILLINGS 2006 TOP 3 MAXIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURES...
103 JULY 28
102 JULY 23
101 JULY 15 AND 27
ALL TIME RECORD...108 ON JULY 14 2002
...BILLINGS 2006 TOP 3 MINIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURES...
-1 FEBRUARY 17
4 NOVEMBER 28
11 FEBRUARY 16
ALL TIME RECORD...-21 ON JANUARY 26 1972
...BILLINGS 2006 TOP 3 MAXIMUM LOW TEMPERATURES...
71 JULY 16
69 JULY 10
67 6 TIMES IN JULY
ALL TIME RECORD...76 ON JUNE 28 1936
...BILLINGS 2006 TOP 3 MINIMUM LOW TEMPERATURES...
-16 FEBRUARY 17 AND 18
-11 NOVEMBER 28 AND 29
-10 FEBRUARY 16
ALL TIME RECORD...-38 ON FEBRUARY 15 1936
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