Warm And Dry Summer Across The Region
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Warm And Dry Summer Across The Region
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
426 PM MDT FRI SEP 23 2011
..WARM AND DRY SUMMER ACROSS THE REGION...
THE FALL EQUINOX OCCURRED AT 304 AM MDT THIS MORNING. THIS MAKES
TODAY...SEPTEMBER 23RD...THE FIRST DAY OF FALL.
AFTER A COOL AND VERY WET SPRING...SUMMER OF 2011 TURNED OUT TO BE
WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL. DESPITE THE WARMER THAN NORMAL
TEMPERATURES...THE HEAT WAS NOT EXTREME...WITH NO 100 DEGREE DAYS
AT MILES CITY AND ONLY ONE AT BILLINGS AND SHERIDAN. INCREASED
SOIL MOISTURE DUE TO THE WET SPRING LIKELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE
LACK OF EXTREME TEMPERATURES. HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED OVER THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES FOR SIGNIFICANT PERIODS OF TIME...RESULTING IN
THE RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS.
THE FOLLOWING TABLES SUMMARIZE SUMMER 2011 TEMPERATURES AND
PRECIPITATION AT BILLINGS...MILES CITY AND SHERIDAN. DATES USED
FOR SUMMER ARE JUNE 21 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 22. TEMPERATURES ARE IN
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND PRECIPITATION IN INCHES.
..AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...
2011 RANK 1981-2010 DEPARTURE RECORD
BILLINGS 71.0 12TH WARMEST 69.3 +1.7 74.1 IN 1936
MILES CITY 71.1 30TH WARMEST 70.9 +0.2 75.4 IN 1998
SHERIDAN 68.2 25TH WARMEST 67.2 +1.0 72.0 IN 1936
..PRECIPITATION...
2011 RANK 1981-2010 DEPARTURE RECORD
BILLINGS 3.08 37TH DRIEST 3.61 -0.53 0.60 IN 2003
MILES CITY 2.59 16TH DRIEST 4.16 -1.57 0.74 IN 2003
SHERIDAN 1.67 8TH DRIEST 3.42 -1.75 1.31 IN 1988
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