PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
557 AM MDT THU SEP 17 2009

BILLINGS OBSERVED A HIGH TEMPERATURE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 70
DEGREES EACH DAY FROM JUNE 11TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 16TH OF THIS
YEAR...OR 98 CONSECUTIVE DAYS. THIS IS A RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE
DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 70 DEGREES...FOR ANY TIME
OF YEAR. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 96 DAYS WHICH BEGAN ON JUNE 2ND
OF 1996. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABOVE THE 70 DEGREE
MARK THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
WHEN A HIGH TEMPERATURE LESS THAN 70 DEGREES IS FINALLY OBSERVED.

INTERESTINGLY...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE BETWEEN JUNE 11TH AND
SEPTEMBER 16TH OF THIS YEAR WAS 83.6 DEGREES...ONLY SLIGHTLY
ABOVE THE NORMAL VALUE OF 82.8 DEGREES. THE MONTHS OF JUNE...JULY
AND AUGUST WERE EACH SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL. SEPTEMBER TO
DATE HAS BEEN MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL.

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