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Billings 2010 Year In Review

Billings 2010 Year In Review

Additional sites: Miles City, MT | Sheridan, WY

..2010 YEAR IN REVIEW FOR BILLINGS...

BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION
STATISTICS FOR BILLINGS FOR 2010. 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 THE BILLINGS AIRPORT IN 1934 AND ARE
LISTED IF IN THE TOP 10.

..BILLINGS MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...

 MONTH     NORMALS    2010 VALUES    DEPARTURE    RECORD

JANUARY     0.81          1.09         +0.28
FEBRUARY    0.58          0.39         -0.19      
MARCH       1.12          0.43         -0.69      
APRIL       1.74          1.24         -0.50      
MAY         2.48          1.92         -0.56      
JUNE        1.89          5.10         +3.21      8TH WETTEST
JULY        1.28          1.70         +0.42
AUGUST      0.85          2.78         +1.93      2ND WETTEST
SEPTEMBER   1.34          0.63         -0.71      
OCTOBER     1.26          0.63         -0.63      
NOVEMBER    0.75          1.89         +1.14      3RD WETTEST
DECEMBER    0.67          0.95         +0.28      
YEAR       14.77         18.75         +3.98      8TH WETTEST

+RECORD TIED


..BILLINGS 2010 TOP 3 DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION...

2.24   JUNE 20
0.95   MAY 24
0.93   AUGUST 30

ALL TIME RECORD...2.91 ON JUNE 8 1997 


..BILLINGS MONTHLY SNOWFALL...

 MONTH     NORMALS    2010 VALUES    DEPARTURE   RECORD

JANUARY     10.9         18.2          +7.3     
FEBRUARY     6.5          7.4          +0.9      
MARCH       10.3          0.3         -10.0      LEAST SNOWIEST 
APRIL        7.6          2.2          -5.4      
MAY          1.8          0.7          -1.1      
JUNE       TRACE          0.0        -TRACE
JULY         0.0        TRACE        +TRACE
AUGUST     TRACE        TRACE           0.0
SEPTEMBER    1.3          0.0          -1.3
OCTOBER      4.2        TRACE          -4.2      
NOVEMBER     7.5         23.3         +15.8      2ND SNOWIEST 
DECEMBER     8.9         15.8          +6.9      
YEAR        59.0         67.9          +8.9

+RECORD TIED


..BILLINGS 2010 TOP 3 DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL...

8.4   NOVEMBER 28
6.9   JANUARY 5
6.4   NOVEMBER 20

ALL TIME RECORD...23.7 ON APRIL 4 1955


..BILLINGS AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...

 MONTH     NORMALS    2010 VALUES    DEPARTURE    RECORD

JANUARY     24.0         25.3          +1.3       
FEBRUARY    29.8         26.3          -3.5       
MARCH       37.0         44.0          +7.0       4TH WARMEST+
APRIL       46.1         46.5          +0.4
MAY         55.7         51.7          -4.0       
JUNE        65.2         63.8          -1.4       
JULY        72.0         71.5          -0.5       
AUGUST      70.9         70.5          -0.4
SEPTEMBER   59.5         59.7          +0.2       
OCTOBER     48.1         53.6          +5.5       7TH WARMEST
NOVEMBER    34.1         30.3          -3.8       8TH COLDEST
DECEMBER    26.1         24.7          -1.4       
YEAR        47.1         47.5          +0.4

+RECORD TIED


..BILLINGS AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES...

 MONTH     NORMALS    2010 VALUES    DEPARTURE    RECORD
 
JANUARY     32.8         33.2          +0.4       
FEBRUARY    39.5         34.3          -5.2       
MARCH       47.6         55.4          +7.8       5TH WARMEST
APRIL       57.5         57.8          +0.3
MAY         67.4         62.5          -4.9       10TH COLDEST+
JUNE        78.0         75.3          -2.7       
JULY        85.8         84.9          -0.9       
AUGUST      84.5         83.7          -0.8       
SEPTEMBER   71.8         72.0          +0.2       
OCTOBER     58.9         65.9          +7.0       8TH WARMEST
NOVEMBER    42.7         39.2          -3.5       9TH COLDEST
DECEMBER    34.5         31.7          -2.8       
YEAR        58.4         58.1          -0.3

+RECORD TIED


..BILLINGS AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES...

 MONTH     NORMALS    2010 VALUES    DEPARTURE    RECORD

JANUARY     15.1         17.5          +2.4       
FEBRUARY    20.1         18.4          -1.7       
MARCH       26.4         32.7          +6.3       4TH WARMEST
APRIL       34.7         35.2          +0.5       
MAY         44.0         41.0          -3.0
JUNE        52.5         52.4          -0.1       
JULY        58.3         58.1          -0.2
AUGUST      57.3         57.2          -0.1
SEPTEMBER   47.1         47.4          +0.3       
OCTOBER     37.2         41.4          +4.2       7TH WARMEST+
NOVEMBER    25.6         21.4          -4.2       
DECEMBER    17.7         17.6          -0.1       
YEAR        36.3         36.8          +0.5          

+RECORD TIED


..BILLINGS 2010 TOP 3 WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURES...

101   AUGUST 21
 99   AUGUST 26
 98   JULY 16

ALL TIME RECORD...108 ON JULY 14 2002



..BILLINGS 2010 TOP 3 COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURES...

 0    NOVEMBER 23
 2    DECEMBER 31
 3    NOVEMBER 22

ALL TIME RECORD...-21 ON JANUARY 26 1972



..BILLINGS 2010 TOP 3 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURES...

67    JULY 17
66    JUNE 30 AND JULY 29
65    JULY 26

ALL TIME RECORD...76 ON JUNE 28 1936



..BILLINGS 2010 TOP 3 COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURES...

-19   JANUARY 7
-14   JANUARY 6 AND NOVEMBER 24
-10   NOVEMBER 22

ALL TIME RECORD...-38 ON FEBRUARY 15 1936


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