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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
558 AM MST WED NOV 9 2011
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THE BILLINGS AIRPORT PICKED UP .35 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN THE
FORM OF 4 INCHES OF SNOW ON NOVEMBER 5TH. THIS PRECIPITATION
PUSHED THE YEARLY TOTAL TO 19.22 INCHES. THIS TOTAL MARKS 2011 AS
THE 6TH WETTEST YEAR IN BILLINGS SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1934. THE
AIRPORT ONLY NEEDS TO RECEIVE .68 INCHES OF WATER THE REST OF THE
YEAR TO MOVE INTO 5TH PLACE ALL TIME FOR WETTEST YEARS.
IF THE AIRPORT PICKS UP .78 INCHES OF RAIN BY YEARS END...IT WILL
BE ONLY THE 5TH TIME THAT 20+ INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN RECEIVED
FOR A YEAR IN BILLINGS. IT WOULD ALSO BE THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1991
THAT THE AIRPORT HAS REGISTERED 20+ INCHES OF RAINFALL.
HERE ARE THE TOP 10 WETTEST YEARS IN BILLINGS SINCE 1934...
1) 1978 26.81 INCHES
2) 1967 21.22 INCHES
3) 1991 20.73 INCHES
4) 1975 20.51 INCHES
5) 1955 19.89 INCHES
6) 2011 19.22 INCHES
7) 1941 18.79 INCHES
8) 1964 18.76 INCHES
9) 2010 18.75 INCHES
10) 1938 18.69 INCHES
ALSO...THIS YEAR HAS FOLLOWED ON THE HEELS OF 2010 WHICH STANDS AS
THE 9TH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE TWO YEAR SPAN OF 2010 AND 2011
MARKS THE SECOND WETTEST SUCH PERIOD SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN
BILLINGS WITH A TOTAL OF 37.97 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THIS FALLS
SHORT OF THE RECORD PERIOD BY 1.09 INCHES...WHICH FELL IN THE
COMBINED YEARS OF 1977 AND 1978.
HERE ARE THE TOP 5 WETTEST TWO YEAR PERIODS IN BILLINGS...
1) 1977-78 39.06 INCHES
2) 2010-11 37.97 INCHES
3) 1957-58 37.96 INCHES
4) 1974-75 36.81 INCHES
5) 1964-65 35.31 INCHES
ONE FINAL NOTE...THE 2010-11 PERIOD MARKS THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME
THAT BILLINGS HAS RECEIVED 18+ INCHES OF RAIN IN CONSECUTIVE
YEARS.
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