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

...MILES CITY 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 MILES CITY. 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 MILES CITY
IN 1937 AND ARE LISTED IF IN THE TOP 20.

OVERALL...THE FALL SEASON WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TERMS OF
TEMPERATURES BUT BELOW NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION FOR MILES CITY.
THE 2007 FALL SEASON MARKS THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE YEAR AND THE 6TH
YEAR OUT OF THE LAST 7 WHERE THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOVE
NORMAL.

THIS FALL SEASON ALSO MARKS THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE YEAR AND THE 8TH
YEAR OUT OF THE LAST 9 WHERE THE PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL.
DURING THIS 9 YEAR PERIOD...THE TOTAL DEFICIT WAS 7.82
INCHES...WHICH IS NEARLY 4 FALL SEASONS WORTH OF PRECIPITATION.


...SEPTEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 21...


NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE   48.4
2007 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE     52.1
20TH WARMEST ON RECORD

NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE    26.0
2007 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      25.9

NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        37.2
2007 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE          39.0        

NORMAL PRECIPITATION              2.10
2007 PRECIPITATION                0.49
3RD DRIEST ON RECORD


...SEPTEMBER 23 - SEPTEMBER 30...


NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE   69.8
2007 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE     69.3

NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE    42.2
2007 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      41.4

NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        56.0
2007 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE          55.3

NORMAL PRECIPITATION              0.24
2007 PRECIPITATION                0.05


...OCTOBER 1 - OCTOBER 31...


NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE   60.0
2007 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE     63.0

NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE    35.3
2007 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      35.5

NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        47.7
2007 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE          49.3

NORMAL PRECIPITATION              1.13
2007 PRECIPITATION                0.29
17TH DRIEST ON RECORD


...NOVEMBER 1 - NOVEMBER 30...


NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE   41.8
2007 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE     47.2
16TH WARMEST ON RECORD

NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE    21.6
2007 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      22.2

NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        31.7
2007 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE          34.7

NORMAL PRECIPITATION              0.52
2007 PRECIPITATION                0.12
11TH DRIEST ON RECORD


...DECEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 21...


NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE   32.4
2007 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE     36.3

NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE    12.0
2007 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      11.1

NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        22.2
2007 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE          23.7

NORMAL PRECIPITATION              0.23
2007 PRECIPITATION                0.03
TIED FOR 9TH DRIEST ON RECORD 

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