PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1041 AM MDT MON SEP 7 2009

..A VERY WARM EARLY SEPTEMBER...

A PERSISTENT STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BROUGHT A
STRING OF VERY WARM DAYS TO THE AREA DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF
SEPTEMBER. THE BILLINGS AIRPORT OBSERVED A HIGH TEMPERATURE
GREATER THAN 90 DEGREES FOR 5 STRAIGHT DAYS FROM THE 2ND THROUGH
THE 6TH. THIS SET A RECORD FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH A HIGH
TEMPERATURE GREATER THAN 90 DEGREES IN SEPTEMBER. THE OLD RECORD
WAS 4 DAYS...MOST RECENTLY DONE IN 2007. FURTHERMORE...IT WAS THE
LONGEST STRETCH OF 90 DEGREE DAYS OBSERVED IN THE ENTIRE 2009
SUMMER.

THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT BILLINGS ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH WAS A VERY
MILD 70 DEGREES...MAKING IT THE LATEST IN THE YEAR THAT BILLINGS
HAS EVER OBSERVED A LOW TEMPERATURE AS WARM AS 70 DEGREES. THE OLD
RECORD WAS SEPTEMBER 4TH...DONE IN 1945.

HERE ARE THE OBSERVED HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES AT BILLINGS FROM
THE 1ST THROUGH 6TH OF SEPTEMBER:

SEPTEMBER 1    84/55
SEPTEMBER 2    92/58
SEPTEMBER 3    95/58
SEPTEMBER 4    92/62
SEPTEMBER 5    92/58
SEPTEMBER 6    93/70

IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER TODAY AND TUESDAY IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG
COLD FRONT WHICH PUSHED THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT.

RECORDS AT THE BILLINGS AIRPORT GO BACK TO 1934.

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