Winter Update Through End of January
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Winter Update Through End of January
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
748 PM MST WED FEB 2 2011
..HOW THE WINTER OF 2010-2011 STANDS AS OF THE END OF JANUARY...
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE STATISTICS FOR THE CURRENT WINTER SEASON
BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1ST 2010...AND ENDING JANUARY 31ST 2011. NORMALS
LISTED ARE FROM 1970 THROUGH 2010.
BILLINGS AIRPORT...
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...26.8 DEGREES
THIS IS THE 23RD COLDEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THIS PERIOD SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1934...1.9 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE NORMAL FOR
THIS PERIOD OF 28.7 DEGREES. THE COLDEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR
THIS PERIOD OCCURRED DURING THE 1978-1979 WINTER WITH 16.0
DEGREES. 25.7 DEGREES OCCURRED AS RECENTLY AS THE 2000-2001 WINTER
SEASON. THE WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THIS PERIOD WAS 35.9
DEGREES DURING THE 1999-2000 WINTER SEASON.
PRECIPITATION...3.08 INCHES
THIS IS THE 12TH HIGHEST PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR THIS PERIOD SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1934...1.03 INCHES HIGHER THAN THE NORMAL FOR
THIS PERIOD OF 2.05 INCHES. THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR
THIS PERIOD OCCURRED DURING THE 1977-1978 WINTER WITH 5.10 INCHES.
3.08 INCHES IS THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR THIS PERIOD
SINCE THE 1978-1979 WINTER WHICH HAD 4.80 INCHES...AND THE FIRST
OVER 2.0 INCHES SINCE 2.04 INCHES FELL DURING THIS PERIOD IN
1996-1997.
SNOWFALL...42.4 INCHES
THIS IS THE 5TH HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR THIS PERIOD SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1934...16.2 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL FOR THIS
PERIOD OF 26.2 INCHES. THIS IS THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE
54.8 INCHES FELL DURING THIS PERIOD OVER THE 1996-1997 WINTER. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL FOR THIS PERIOD OCCURRED DURING THE 1977-1978
WINTER WITH 58.1 INCHES...WHILE ONLY 2.1 INCHES FELL DURING THIS
PERIOD OVER THE 1954-1955 WINTER SEASON. DURING THE 2008-2009
WINTER SEASON 30.2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL FELL DURING THIS
PERIOD...WHILE IN 2009-2010 34.9 INCHES FELL...BOTH ABOVE AVERAGE.
MILES CITY...
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...19.6 DEGREES
THIS IS THE 13TH COLDEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THIS PERIOD SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1893...4.1 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE NORMAL FOR
THIS PERIOD OF 23.7 DEGREES. BOTH THE 2000-2001 AND THE 1996-1997
WINTERS WERE COLDER AT 17.2 DEGREES AND 15.8 DEGREES RESPECTIVELY.
THE COLDEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THIS PERIOD OCCURRED DURING
THE 1978-1979 WINTER AT 11.8 DEGREES. THE WARMEST AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR THIS PERIOD OCCURRED DURING THE 1999-2000 WINTER
AT 33.6 DEGREES.
SHERIDAN...
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...24.9 DEGREES
THIS IS THE 23RD COLDEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THIS PERIOD SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1934...1.2 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE NORMAL FOR
THIS PERIOD OF 26.1 DEGREES. THE COLDEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR
THIS PERIOD OCCURRED DURING THE WINTER OF 1978-1979 AT 13.0
DEGREES. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DURING THIS PERIOD IN 1996-1997
AND 2000-2001 WERE CONSIDERABLY COLDER THAN THE CURRENT PERIOD AT
19.8 AND 21.7 DEGREES RESPECTIVELY. THE WINTER OF 1957-1958 SAW
THE WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THIS PERIOD AT 32.9 DEGREES.
PRECIPITATION...1.46 INCHES
THIS IS THE 22ND LOWEST PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR THIS PERIOD SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1934...0.56 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL FOR THIS
PERIOD OF 2.02 INCHES. THE LOWEST PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR THIS
PERIOD OCCURRED DURING THE 2009-2010 WINTER WITH 0.49 INCHES. THE
HIGHEST PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR THIS PERIOD OCCURRED DURING THE
1947-1948 WINTER WITH 4.26 INCHES. THE 2008-2009 WINTER SAW 2.51
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION DURING THIS PERIOD...THE MOST RECENT ABOVE
AVERAGE PRECIPITATION OCCURRENCE.
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