Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
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CXUS55 KBYZ 011904
CLAMLS
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1158 AM MST WED JAN 1 2020
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...THE MILES CITY MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2019...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1937 TO 2019
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 111 06/26/2012
LOW -38 12/24/1983
HIGHEST 98 09/04
LOWEST -31 03/03
AVG. MAXIMUM 54.5 58.5 -4.0
AVG. MINIMUM 31.5 33.6 -2.1
MEAN 43.0 46.1 -3.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 25 -10.8
DAYS MAX <= 32 71 20.4
DAYS MIN <= 32 176 6.8
DAYS MIN <= 0 37 12.6
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 20.28 1978
MINIMUM 5.27 1988
TOTALS 14.59 12.44 2.15
DAYS >= .01 101 17.4
DAYS >= .10 33 1.0
DAYS >= .50 7 1.0
DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.7
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 8441 7639 802
COOLING TOTAL 601 731 -130
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 09/02/1974
LATEST 06/08/1950
EARLIEST 09/29
LATEST 05/09
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/315
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 52/310 DATE 07/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 69/310 DATE 07/14
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 37 MIXED PRECIP 2
HEAVY RAIN 23 RAIN 25
LIGHT RAIN 123 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 3 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 4 SNOW 8
LIGHT SNOW 66 SLEET 0
FOG 134 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 21
HAZE 30
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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THIS IS AN AUTOMATED...UNATTENDED WEATHER STATION AND MAY
UNDERESTIMATE WINTER PRECIPITATION.
...2019 YEAR IN REVIEW FOR MILES CITY...
BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION
STATISTICS FOR MILES CITY 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 RANKINGS
FOR PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES USE A PERIOD OF RECORD
THAT STARTED IN FEBRUARY 1937 AT THE MILES CITY AIRPORT. ANNUAL RANKINGS
FOR PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES USE A PERIOD OF RECORD
THAT STARTED IN 1938.
NUMBERS DENOTED WITH AN * IS MISSING DATA IN THE CALCULATION.
...MILES CITY MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...
MONTH 2019 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING
JANUARY 0.07 0.32 -0.25 TIED FOR THE 8TH DRIEST OUT OF 82 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.01 IN 2008)
(DRIEST SINCE 0.07 IN 2017)
FEBRUARY 0.29 0.23 +0.06 TIED FOR THE 40TH DRIEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 2005)
(DRIEST SINCE 0.13 IN 2015)
MARCH 0.23 0.60 -0.37 16TH DRIEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 2008)
(DRIEST SINCE 0.10 IN 2015)
APRIL 2.13 1.37 +0.76 16TH WETTEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 4.36 IN 2016)
(WETTEST SINCE 3.09 IN 2018)
MAY 2.85 2.18 +0.67 24TH WETTEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 9.35 IN 2011)
(WETTEST SINCE 4.19 IN 2018)
JUNE 1.50 2.51 -1.01 TIED FOR THE 20TH DRIEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.36 IN 2012)
(DRIEST SINCE 0.74 IN 2017)
JULY 2.82 1.64 +1.18 12TH WETTEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 6.32 IN 1993)
(WETTEST SINCE 3.67 IN 2010)
AUGUST 1.38 0.91 +0.47 28TH WETTEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 4.00 IN 1951)
(WETTEST SINCE 2.22 IN 2014)
SEPTEMBER 2.85 1.08 +1.77 7TH WETTEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 4.67 IN 1941)
(WETTEST SINCE 3.77 IN 1991)
OCTOBER 0.27 0.92 -0.65 TIED FOR THE 16TH DRIEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS T TIED IN 1965)
(DRIEST SINCE 0.20 IN 2001)
NOVEMBER 0.17 0.39 -0.22 TIED FOR THE 20TH DRIEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS T TIED IN 2016)
(DRIEST SINCE T IN 2016)
DECEMBER 0.03 0.29 -0.26 TIED FOR THE 6TH DRIEST OUT OF 82 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.02 TIED IN 2015)
(DRIEST SINCE 0.02 IN 2015)
YEAR 14.59 12.44 +2.15 34TH WETTEST OUT OF 82 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 20.28 IN 1978)
(WETTEST SINCE 18.41 IN 2018)
...MILES CITY 2019 TOP 3 DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION...
1 - 1.17 JULY 8
2 - 1.15 SEPTEMBER 28
3 - 0.85 APRIL 21
ALL TIME DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD...2.91 ON APRIL 24 2016
...MILES CITY 2019 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS...
1.17 ON JULY 8 (OLD RECORD 0.61 IN 2011)
1.15 ON SEPTEMBER 28 (OLD RECORD 0.18 IN 1983)
NOTE: SINCE THE LATE 1990S...MILES CITY BECAME AN AUTOMATED AND UNATTENDED
WEATHER STATION. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE WINTER MAY BE UNDERESTIMATED.
...MILES CITY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...
MONTH 2019 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING
JANUARY 26.3 19.5 +6.8 12TH WARMEST OUT OF 82 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 34.3 IN 2006)
(WARMEST SINCE 34.3 IN 2006)
FEBRUARY 2.2 24.4 -22.2 RECORD COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(OLD RECORD COLDEST WAS 5.7 IN 2018)
MARCH 24.6 34.7 -10.1 8TH COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 17.3 IN 1965)
(COLDEST SINCE 19.0 IN 2002)
APRIL 46.6 46.0 +0.6 TIED FOR THE 38TH WARMEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 53.3 TIED IN 1987)
(WARMEST SINCE 48.2 IN 2017)
MAY 50.4 55.9 -5.5 RECORD COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(OLD RECORD COLDEST WAS 50.9 IN 1953)
JUNE 64.1 65.6 -1.5 TIED FOR THE 27TH COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 58.5 IN 1945)
(COLDEST SINCE 62.9 IN 2014)
JULY 72.3 73.9 -1.6 16TH COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 64.2 IN 1993)
(COLDEST SINCE 72.1 IN 2010)
AUGUST 71.1 72.6 -1.5 24TH COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 65.8 IN 1977)
(COLDEST SINCE 71.0 IN 2018)
SEPTEMBER 60.9 60.1 +0.8 37TH WARMEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 69.4 IN 1998)
(WARMEST SINCE 61.9 IN 2016)
OCTOBER 39.1 46.5 -7.4 RECORD COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(OLD RECORD COLDEST WAS 39.3 IN 2002)
NOVEMBER 31.6 32.0 -0.4 34TH COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 14.4 IN 1985)
(COLDEST SINCE 25.4 IN 2014)
DECEMBER 27.1 20.3 +6.8 TIED FOR THE 18TH WARMEST OUT OF 82 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 33.3 IN 1957)
(WARMEST SINCE 29.2 IN 2011)
YEAR 43.3 46.1 -2.8 7TH COLDEST OUT OF 82 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 41.2 IN 1950)
(COLDEST SINCE 42.8 IN 1996)
...MILES CITY AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES...
MONTH 2019 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING
JANUARY 35.8 30.0 +5.8 TIED FOR THE 13TH WARMEST OUT OF 82 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 45.8 IN 1992)
(WARMEST SINCE 37.8 IN 2012)
FEBRUARY 11.9 35.5 -23.6 RECORD COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(OLD RECORD COLDEST WAS 15.8 IN 1989)
MARCH 36.7 46.5 -9.8 12TH COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 27.5 IN 1965)
(COLDEST SINCE 35.7 IN 2018)
APRIL 57.6 58.8 -1.2 TIED FOR THE 37TH COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 48.2 IN 1975)
(COLDEST SINCE 52.6 IN 2018)
MAY 61.9 68.6 -6.7 3RD COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 60.2 IN 2011)
(COLDEST SINCE 60.2 IN 2011)
JUNE 77.6 78.6 -1.0 34TH COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 69.1 IN 1945)
(COLDEST SINCE 77.5 IN 2018)
JULY 85.4 88.3 -2.9 TIED FOR THE 13TH COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 74.5 IN 1993)
(COLDEST SINCE 85.1 IN 2010)
AUGUST 84.6 87.2 -2.6 TIED FOR THE 23RD COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 78.5 IN 1977)
(COLDEST SINCE 83.5 IN 2014)
SEPTEMBER 73.0 74.2 -1.2 TIED FOR THE 32ND COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 58.6 IN 1965)
(COLDEST SINCE 72.2 IN 2018)
OCTOBER 50.5 59.2 -8.7 3RD COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 49.7 IN 1969)
(COLDEST SINCE 50.2 IN 2009)
NOVEMBER 42.0 43.2 -1.2 32ND COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 23.1 IN 1985)
(COLDEST SINCE 36.3 IN 2014)
DECEMBER 37.1 30.9 +6.2 23RD WARMEST OUT OF 82 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 45.0 IN 1957)
(WARMEST SINCE 40.3 IN 2011)
YEAR 54.8 58.5 -3.7 7TH COLDEST OUT OF 82 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 52.7 IN 1978)
(COLDEST SINCE 54.4 IN 1996)
...MILES CITY 2019 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES...
1 - 98 SEPTEMBER 4
2 - 97 JULY 31
3 - 96 AUGUST 3
ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...111 ON JUNE 26 2012
...MILES CITY 2019 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS...
57 ON DECEMBER 7 (TIED RECORD IN 2015)
...MILES CITY 2019 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES...
1 - -3 MARCH 3
2 - 0 MARCH 2
3 - 0 FEBRUARY 6
ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...-25 ON DECEMBER 24 1983
...MILES CITY 2019 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS...
1 ON FEBRUARY 26 (OLD RECORD 2 IN 1962)
0 ON MARCH 2 (OLD RECORD 2 IN 1962)
-3 ON MARCH 3 (OLD RECORD 2 IN 1978)
41 ON MAY 5 (OLD RECORD 46 IN 2003)
38 ON MAY 18 (OLD RECORD 46 IN 1949)
35 ON OCTOBER 9 (OLD RECORD 37 IN 1987)
29 ON OCTOBER 10 (OLD RECORD 31 IN 2009)
26 ON OCTOBER 27 (OLD RECORD 33 IN 1975)
...MILES CITY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES...
MONTH 2019 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING
JANUARY 16.8 8.9 +7.9 TIED FOR THE 10TH WARMEST OUT OF 82 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 24.3 IN 2006)
(WARMEST SINCE 24.3 IN 2006)
FEBRUARY -7.6 13.2 -19.6 RECORD COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(OLD RECORD COLDEST WAS -5.9 IN 2018)
MARCH 12.4 22.8 -10.4 7TH COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 7.1 IN 1965)
(COLDEST SINCE 8.1 IN 2002)
APRIL 35.6 33.2 +2.4 22ND WARMEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 39.3 IN 1980)
(WARMEST SINCE 36.7 IN 2017)
MAY 38.8 43.1 -4.3 2ND COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 38.7 IN 1950)
(COLDEST SINCE 38.7 IN 1950)
JUNE 50.6 52.6 -2.0 TIED FOR THE 13TH COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 47.3 IN 1951)
(COLDEST SINCE 49.0 IN 2004)
JULY 59.2 59.5 -0.3 TIED FOR THE 29TH COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 53.8 IN 1993)
(COLDEST SINCE 58.8 IN 2014)
AUGUST 57.6 58.0 -0.4 TIED FOR THE 34TH COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 52.8 IN 1950)
(COLDEST SINCE 56.5 IN 2018)
SEPTEMBER 48.7 46.1 +2.6 23RD WARMEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 54.5 IN 1998)
(WARMEST SINCE 50.7 IN 2016)
OCTOBER 27.6 33.8 -6.2 RECORD COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(OLD RECORD COLDEST WAS 27.8 IN 2002)
NOVEMBER 21.2 20.9 +0.3 35TH COLDEST OUT OF 83 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 5.6 IN 1985)
(COLDEST SINCE 21.1 IN 2015)
DECEMBER 17.1 9.7 +7.4 12TH WARMEST OUT OF 82 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 22.4 IN 1999)
(WARMEST SINCE 17.4 IN 2014)
YEAR 31.8 33.6 -1.8 TIED FOR THE 10TH COLDEST OUT OF 82 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 29.3 TIED IN 1951)
(COLDEST SINCE 31.1 IN 1996)
...MILES CITY 2019 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES...
1 - 71 AUGUST 1
2 - 70 JULY 24
3 - 69 AUGUST 3
ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...79 ON JULY 24 2007
...MILES CITY 2019 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS...
34 ON JANUARY 4 (OLD RECORD 29 IN 1984)
33 ON JANUARY 6 (OLD RECORD 32 IN 1963)
32 ON JANUARY 26 (TIED RECORD IN 2015)
...MILES CITY 2019 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES...
1 - -31 MARCH 3
2 - -28 MARCH 2
3 - -24 FEBRUARY 7
ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...-38 ON DECEMBER 24 1983
...MILES CITY 2019 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS...
-28 ON MARCH 2 (OLD RECORD -19 IN 2014)
-31 ON MARCH 3 (OLD RECORD -25 IN 1960)
26 ON MAY 9 (OLD RECORD 27 IN 1996)
46 ON AUGUST 18 (OLD RECORD 47 IN 2004)
19 ON OCTOBER 13 (OLD RECORD 21 IN 2006)
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