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Very Warm End of September and Early October
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1058 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011
..VERY WARM END OF SEPTEMBER AND EARLY OCTOBER...
A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE RESULTED IN PERSISTENT VERY WARM
AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND THE
FIRST FEW DAYS OF OCTOBER. IN FACT...OVER THE SPECIFIC TWO WEEK
PERIOD ENDING ON OCTOBER 5TH...BILLINGS WAS THE WARMEST ON RECORD
AND TIED FOR THE DRIEST.
SEVERAL RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THIS
TWO WEEK PERIOD. OCTOBER 1ST WAS A PARTICULARLY WARM DAY...WITH
ALL TIME RECORD WARM OCTOBER TEMPERATURES SET AT BILLINGS...MILES
CITY AND SHERIDAN.
HERE IS A LIST OF DAILY RECORDS SET OR TIED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 22ND
AND OCTOBER 5TH:
..BILLINGS...
SEPTEMBER 23 HIGH TEMP 91 RECORD HIGH
SEPTEMBER 24 LOW TEMP 59 RECORD WARM LOW
OCTOBER 1 HIGH TEMP 91 RECORD HIGH
OCTOBER 2 LOW TEMP 57 RECORD WARM LOW
OCTOBER 3 LOW TEMP 52 RECORD WARM LOW
OCTOBER 5 LOW TEMP 56 RECORD WARM LOW
..MILES CITY...
SEPTEMBER 25 HIGH TEMP 92 RECORD HIGH
OCTOBER 1 HIGH TEMP 95 RECORD HIGH
OCTOBER 5 LOW TEMP 58 RECORD WARM LOW
..SHERIDAN...
SEPTEMBER 24 HIGH TEMP 90 RECORD HIGH
SEPTEMBER 25 HIGH TEMP 92 RECORD HIGH
OCTOBER 1 HIGH TEMP 93 RECORD HIGH
OCTOBER 5 LOW TEMP 54 RECORD WARM LOW
THE FOLLOWING TABLES SUMMARIZE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND
PRECIPITATION AT BILLINGS...MILES CITY AND SHERIDAN FROM SEPTEMBER
22ND THROUGH OCTOBER 5TH. TEMPERATURES ARE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
AND PRECIPITATION IS IN INCHES. RECORDS GO BACK TO 1934 AT
BILLINGS...1937 AT MILES CITY AND 1907 AT SHERIDAN.
..TEMPERATURES...
AVERAGE RANK
BILLINGS 68.6 WARMEST ON RECORD
MILES CITY 67.9 2ND WARMEST
SHERIDAN 65.0 2ND WARMEST
..PRECIPITATION...
TOTAL RANK
BILLINGS 0.00 TIED DRIEST
MILES CITY 0.00 TIED DRIEST
SHERIDAN TRACE TIED DRIEST
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