Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
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CXUS55 KBYZ 011904
CLASHR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1158 AM MST WED JAN 1 2020
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...THE SHERIDAN WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2019...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1907 TO 2019
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 107 07/13/2005
07/14/2002
LOW -41 12/09/1919
HIGHEST 99 09/04
LOWEST -18 01/01
AVG. MAXIMUM 56.7 59.5 -2.8
AVG. MINIMUM 29.5 30.9 -1.4
MEAN 43.1 45.2 -2.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 29 -1.1
DAYS MAX <= 32 53 14.4
DAYS MIN <= 32 197 11.9
DAYS MIN <= 0 24 4.1
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 24.77 1944
MINIMUM 8.23 1960
TOTALS 18.01 14.16 3.85
DAYS >= .01 125 24.2
DAYS >= .10 51 11.5
DAYS >= .50 8 1.8
DAYS >= 1.00 1 -0.2
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 8222 7644 578
COOLING TOTAL 403 420 -17
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 08/17/2002
LATEST 06/24/1967
EARLIEST 09/20
LATEST 05/19
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/309
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 52/310 DATE 01/07
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 63/330 DATE 10/22
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 49 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 13 RAIN 37
LIGHT RAIN 102 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 3 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 7 SNOW 18
LIGHT SNOW 67 SLEET 0
FOG 111 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 10
HAZE 43
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...2019 YEAR IN REVIEW FOR SHERIDAN...
BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION
STATISTICS FOR SHERIDAN FOR 2019. ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT AND ALL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES. NORMALS
ARE 30 YEAR AVERAGES CALCULATED FROM 1981 TO 2010. MONTHLY AND ANNUAL
RANKINGS FOR PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES USE A PERIOD
OF RECORD THAT STARTED IN MAY 1907 AT OR NEAR THE SHERIDAN AIRPORT.
NUMBERS DENOTED WITH AN * IS MISSING DATA IN THE CALCULATION.
...SHERIDAN MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...
MONTH 2019 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING
JANUARY 0.70 0.56 +0.14 TIED FOR THE 44TH WETTEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 2.21 IN 1918)
(WETTEST SINCE 1.04 IN 2017)
FEBRUARY 0.37 0.54 -0.17 TIED FOR THE 30TH DRIEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.05 IN 1992)
(DRIEST SINCE 0.27 IN 2011)
MARCH 0.44 0.98 -0.54 TIED FOR THE 14TH DRIEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.14 IN 1978)
(DRIEST SINCE 0.40 IN 2015)
APRIL 1.86 1.60 +0.26 47TH WETTEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 5.52 IN 1925)
(WETTEST SINCE 4.60 IN 2017)
MAY 6.34 2.35 +3.99 4TH WETTEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 6.82 IN 1938)
(WETTEST SINCE 6.80 IN 1978)
JUNE 1.35 2.12 -0.77 32ND DRIEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.07 IN 1933)
(DRIEST SINCE 1.11 IN 2017)
JULY 1.40 1.18 +0.22 35TH WETTEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 6.37 IN 1923)
(WETTEST SINCE 1.54 IN 2010)
AUGUST 0.72 0.72 +0.00 53RD WETTEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.02 IN 1968)
(WETTEST SINCE 1.30 IN 2018)
SEPTEMBER 1.88 1.43 +0.45 31ST WETTEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 8.18 IN 1923)
(WETTEST SINCE 1.89 IN 2017)
OCTOBER 1.37 1.41 -0.04 TIED FOR THE 45TH WETTEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.72 IN 2011)
(WETTEST SINCE 1.69 IN 2018)
NOVEMBER 1.37 0.71 +0.66 13TH WETTEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 2.41 IN 1991)
(WETTEST SINCE 1.54 IN 2017)
DECEMBER 0.21 0.56 -0.35 TIED FOR THE 12TH DRIEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.03 IN 1930)
(DRIEST SINCE 0.20 IN 2010)
YEAR 18.01 14.16 +3.85 TIED FOR THE 22ND WETTEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 29.79 IN 1923)
(WETTEST SINCE 18.77 IN 2017)
...SHERIDAN 2019 TOP 3 DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION...
1 - 1.52 MAY 27
2 - 0.99 SEPTEMBER 11
3 - 0.92 MAY 28
ALL TIME DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD...3.32 ON JUNE 3 1944
...SHERIDAN 2019 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS...
1.52 ON MAY 27 (OLD RECORD 0.92 IN 1956)
0.60 ON JULY 8 (TIED RECORD IN 1926)
0.99 ON SEPTEMBER 11 (OLD RECORD 0.98 IN 1978)
0.45 ON NOVEMBER 10 (OLD RECORD 0.44 IN 1929)
...SHERIDAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...
MONTH 2019 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING
JANUARY 27.0 23.8 +3.2 TIED FOR THE 22ND WARMEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 35.5 IN 2006)
(WARMEST SINCE 27.1 IN 2016)
FEBRUARY 12.0 26.6 -14.6 3RD COLDEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 3.8 IN 1936)
(COLDEST SINCE 3.8 IN 1936)
MARCH 29.3 35.2 -5.9 25TH COLDEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 17.6 IN 1912)
(COLDEST SINCE 22.8 IN 2002)
APRIL 44.0 43.6 +0.4 TIED FOR THE 50TH WARMEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 52.6 IN 1946)
(WARMEST SINCE 44.4 IN 2017)
MAY 48.1 52.5 -4.4 3RD COLDEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 47.4 IN 1907)
(COLDEST SINCE 48.0 IN 2011)
JUNE 61.2 61.6 -0.4 TIED FOR THE 52ND COLDEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 55.1 IN 1998)
(COLDEST SINCE 58.9 IN 2014)
JULY 69.5 70.0 -0.5 42ND COLDEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 61.2 IN 1915)
(COLDEST SINCE 68.8 IN 2015)
AUGUST 69.3 69.0 +0.3 TIED FOR THE 48TH WARMEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 77.8 IN 1983)
(WARMEST SINCE 69.3 IN 2015)
SEPTEMBER 60.1 57.9 +2.2 TIED FOR THE 25TH WARMEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 65.3 IN 1963)
(WARMEST SINCE 64.1 IN 2015)
OCTOBER 37.0 45.5 -8.5 3RD COLDEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 34.1 IN 1925)
(COLDEST SINCE 34.1 IN 1925)
NOVEMBER 31.2 32.7 -1.5 32ND COLDEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 15.5 IN 1985)
(COLDEST SINCE 28.2 IN 2014)
DECEMBER 29.1 22.9 +6.2 TIED FOR THE 14TH WARMEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 35.0 IN 1957)
(WARMEST SINCE 31.4 IN 2004)
YEAR 43.3 45.2 -1.9 TIED FOR THE 20TH COLDEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 40.7 IN 1916)
(COLDEST SINCE 43.2 IN 1993)
...SHERIDAN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES...
MONTH 2019 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING
JANUARY 39.3 36.2 +3.1 22ND WARMEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 48.8 IN 2006)
(WARMEST SINCE 39.5 IN 2015)
FEBRUARY 23.3 39.0 -15.7 2ND COLDEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 16.2 IN 1936)
(COLDEST SINCE 16.2 IN 1936)
MARCH 41.8 48.4 -6.6 TIED FOR THE 27TH COLDEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 30.5 IN 1912)
(COLDEST SINCE 34.1 IN 2002)
APRIL 56.4 57.4 -1.0 56TH COLDEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 46.0 IN 1920)
(COLDEST SINCE 55.8 IN 2018)
MAY 60.2 66.7 -6.5 4TH COLDEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 57.6 IN 2011)
(COLDEST SINCE 57.6 IN 2011)
JUNE 76.4 76.7 -0.3 53RD WARMEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 91.2 IN 1988)
(WARMEST SINCE 76.5 IN 2018)
JULY 85.4 87.1 -1.7 42ND COLDEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 73.9 IN 1915)
(COLDEST SINCE 85.3 IN 2015)
AUGUST 86.3 86.3 0.0 44TH WARMEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 95.0 IN 1983)
(WARMEST SINCE 87.9 IN 2015)
SEPTEMBER 74.7 74.2 +0.5 50TH WARMEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 83.1 IN 2015)
(WARMEST SINCE 83.1 IN 2015)
OCTOBER 51.5 60.1 -8.6 6TH COLDEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 44.9 IN 1925)
(COLDEST SINCE 48.4 IN 2009)
NOVEMBER 44.1 45.9 -1.8 TIED FOR THE 39TH COLDEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 24.9 IN 1985)
(COLDEST SINCE 42.2 IN 2014)
DECEMBER 41.2 35.2 +6.0 19TH WARMEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 48.5 IN 1957)
(WARMEST SINCE 42.3 IN 2018)
YEAR 56.9 59.6 -2.7 21ST COLDEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 54.6 IN 1912)
(COLDEST SINCE 56.6 IN 1997)
...SHERIDAN 2019 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES...
1 - 99 SEPTEMBER 4
2 - 98 AUGUST 22
3 - 97 JULY 31
ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...107 ON JULY 14 2002
...SHERIDAN 2019 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS...
NONE
...SHERIDAN 2019 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES...
1 - 1 MARCH 3
2 - 1 FEBRUARY 6
3 - 5 MARCH 2
ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...-19 ON FEBRUARY 2 1989
...SHERIDAN 2019 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS...
1 ON MARCH 3 (OLD RECORD 4 IN 1978)
44 ON MAY 18 (OLD RECORD 46 IN 1949)
43 ON MAY 19 (OLD RECORD 44 IN 1913)
66 ON AUGUST 17 (OLD RECORD 68 IN 1978)
14 ON OCTOBER 29 (OLD RECORD 17 IN 1971)
...SHERIDAN AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES...
MONTH 2019 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING
JANUARY 14.7 11.4 +3.3 TIED FOR THE 21ST WARMEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 22.1 IN 2006)
(WARMEST SINCE 15.1 IN 2016)
FEBRUARY 0.7 14.2 -13.5 6TH COLDEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS -8.7 IN 1936)
(COLDEST SINCE 0.8 IN 2018)
MARCH 16.8 22.0 -5.2 TIED FOR THE 18TH COLDEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 4.6 IN 1912)
(COLDEST SINCE 11.5 IN 2002)
APRIL 31.5 29.8 +1.7 TIED FOR THE 47TH WARMEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 38.6 TIED IN 1946)
(WARMEST SINCE 32.0 IN 2017)
MAY 36.0 38.2 -2.2 4TH COLDEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 34.8 IN 1909)
(COLDEST SINCE 35.7 IN 2010)
JUNE 45.9 46.4 -0.5 TIED FOR THE 31ST COLDEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 42.7 TIED IN 1998)
(COLDEST SINCE 45.0 IN 2014)
JULY 53.5 53.0 +0.5 TIED FOR THE 49TH COLDEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 46.8 IN 1911)
(COLDEST SINCE 53.5 IN 2016)
AUGUST 52.3 51.6 +0.7 49TH WARMEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 60.5 IN 1983)
(WARMEST SINCE 54.9 IN 2013)
SEPTEMBER 45.4 41.6 +3.8 TIED FOR THE 11TH WARMEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 50.6 IN 1963)
(WARMEST SINCE 46.3 IN 2016)
OCTOBER 22.5 30.9 -8.4 RECORD COLDEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(OLD RECORD COLDEST WAS 23.3 IN 1925)
NOVEMBER 18.3 19.4 -1.1 34TH COLDEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 6.0 IN 1985)
(COLDEST SINCE 14.2 IN 2014)
DECEMBER 17.0 10.6 +6.4 18TH WARMEST OUT OF 113 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 21.5 IN 1957)
(WARMEST SINCE 18.9 IN 2004)
YEAR 29.7 30.9 -1.2 TIED FOR THE 24TH COLDEST OUT OF 112 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 26.7 IN 1916)
(COLDEST SINCE 29.4 IN 2008)
...SHERIDAN 2019 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES...
1 - 63 JULY 24
2 - 61 SEPTEMBER 6
3 - 61 JULY 23
ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...76 ON JULY 28 1935
...SHERIDAN 2019 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS...
NONE
...SHERIDAN 2019 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES...
1 - -18 JANUARY 1
2 - -17 MARCH 4
3 - -17 MARCH 3
ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...-41 ON DECEMBER 9 1919
...SHERIDAN 2019 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS...
-17 ON MARCH 4 (TIED RECORD IN 1923)
32 ON JUNE 9 (OLD RECORD 33 IN 1982)
35 ON JUNE 22 (TIED RECORD IN 1914)
14 ON OCTOBER 11 (OLD RECORD 15 IN 1977)
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