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Cool and Wet Start to June

Cool and Wet Start to June

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1020 AM MDT THU JUN 11 2009

..THE COOL AND WET START TO JUNE...

MULTIPLE WEATHER SYSTEMS MOVED THROUGH OUR REGION OVER THE PAST
WEEK...BRINGING SHOWERS TO THE PLAINS AND SNOW TO THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS...AND UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES.

..TEMPERATURE...

IN SOME PLACES...TEMPERATURES WERE AS MUCH AS 30 DEGREES BELOW
AVERAGE. SEVERAL TEMPERATURES WERE COLD ENOUGH TO RANK AMONG THE
COLDEST EVER RECORDED IN JUNE. 

IN BILLINGS THIS PAST WEEK...HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THREE INDIVIDUAL
DAYS STOOD OUT AS SOME OF THE COLDEST RECORDED IN JUNE SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN AT THE AIRPORT IN 1934.

     ...COLDEST DAYS IN BILLINGS...
    
     JUNE 7TH...HIGH OF 47 DEGREES....9TH COLDEST JUNE DAY
     JUNE 6TH...HIGH OF 50 DEGREES...15TH COLDEST JUNE DAY
     JUNE 2ND...HIGH OF 52 DEGREES...25TH COLDEST JUNE DAY

MILES CITY ALSO HAD THREE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES WHICH WERE AMONG
THE COLDEST IN JUNE SINCE RECORDS BEGAN BEING KEPT THERE IN 1937.

     ...COLDEST DAYS IN MILES CITY...

     JUNE 6TH...HIGH OF 47 DEGREES....5TH COLDEST JUNE DAY
     JUNE 7TH...HIGH OF 48 DEGREES....7TH COLDEST JUNE DAY
     JUNE 9TH...HIGH OF 50 DEGREES...11TH COLDEST JUNE DAY

NORTHERN WYOMING ALSO EXPERIENCED UNSEASONABLY COLD
TEMPERATURES...WITH TWO DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES RANKING AMONG THE
COLDEST JUNE DAYS EVER.

     ...COLDEST DAYS IN SHERIDAN...

     JUNE 3RD...HIGH OF 44 DEGREES....3RD COLDEST JUNE DAY
     JUNE 2ND...HIGH OF 50 DEGREES...17TH COLDEST JUNE DAY

     ...THE COLDEST JUNE DAYS ON RECORD...
 
     BILLINGS.....36 DEGREES
     SHERIDAN.....38 DEGREES
     MILES CITY...40 DEGREES

THE COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES ON RECORD FOR THESE THREE
CITIES OCCURRED ON JUNE 1ST 1951.

AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF JUNE (JUNE 1ST
THROUGH JUNE 10TH) ARE ALSO NOTEWORTHY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW THE
COLDEST ON RECORD FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME.

     BILLINGS.....59.0 DEGREES
     SHERIDAN.....58.2 DEGREES
     MILES CITY...59.5 DEGREES

LISTED BELOW ARE THE PREVIOUS COLDEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES ON
RECORD FOR THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF JUNE (JUNE 1 THROUGH JUNE 10TH).

     BILLINGS.....60.5 DEGREES...SET IN 1998
     SHERIDAN.....59.4 DEGREES...SET IN 1998
     MILES CITY...61.8 DEGREES...SET IN 1945

SOME OF THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AROUND OUR REGION ARE ALSO NOTEWORTHY.

     ...BILLINGS...
     (COLDEST JUNE NIGHT ON RECORD IS 32 DEGREES)

     JUNE 7TH...LOW OF 36 DEGREES...12TH COLDEST JUNE NIGHT 
     JUNE 8TH...LOW OF 38 DEGREES...20TH COLDEST JUNE NIGHT

     ...SHERIDAN...
     (COLDEST JUNE NIGHT ON RECORD IS 27 DEGREES)

     JUNE 8TH...LOW OF 29 DEGREES....2ND COLDEST JUNE NIGHT
     JUNE 7TH...LOW OF 31 DEGREES....4TH COLDEST JUNE NIGHT

     ...MILES CITY...
     (COLDEST JUNE NIGHT ON RECORD IS 32 DEGREES)

     JUNE 8TH....LOW OF 36 DEGREES.....TIED FOR 10TH COLDEST 
     JUNE 10TH...LOW OF 36 DEGREES.....TIED FOR 10TH COLDEST 
     JUNE 7TH....LOW OF 37 DEGREES...15TH COLDEST JUNE NIGHT

THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF JUNE 2009
WERE NOTEWORTHY FOR MANY PLACES AROUND THE REGION.

     BILLINGS.....42.2 DEGREES....2ND COLDEST ON RECORD 
     SHERIDAN.....40.4 DEGREES...10TH COLDEST ON RECORD 
     MILES CITY...41.9 DEGREES....2ND COLDEST ON RECORD 

     ...RECORD AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES...

     BILLINGS.....40.7 DEGREES...SET IN 1951
     SHERIDAN.....36.2 DEGREES...SET IN 1951
     MILES CITY...41.1 DEGREES...SET IN 1950

..PRECIPITATION...

ALTHOUGH MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IN BILLINGS IS SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL SO FAR...THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF JUNE WAS A WET ONE FOR
SEVERAL AREAS IN OUR REGION. HERE ARE A FEW OF THE PRECIPITATION
TOTALS THAT WERE RECORDED AROUND THE REGION.

     ...MEASURED PRECIPITATION FROM JUNE 1-10...

     SHERIDAN.....1.92 INCHES...12TH WETTEST ON RECORD
     MILES CITY...2.33 INCHES...11TH WETTEST ON RECORD

     ...RECORD PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FROM JUNE 1-10...

     SHERIDAN.....5.34 INCHES...SET IN 1944
     MILES CITY...3.73 INCHES...SET IN 1963 


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