Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
811 CXUS55 KBYZ 011105 CLMMLS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 503 AM MDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE MILES CITY MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1937 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 71 03/18 LOWEST 5 03/26 AVG. MAXIMUM 44.0 46.8 -2.8 AVG. MINIMUM 22.2 22.5 -0.3 MEAN 33.1 34.7 -1.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 8 DAYS MIN <= 32 29 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 0.17 0.55 -0.38 DAYS >= .01 5 DAYS >= .10 0 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.05 03/24 TO 03/24 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 979 941 38 SINCE 7/1 6064 6586 -522 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/150 DATE 03/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/140 DATE 03/02 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 11 SLEET 0 FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THIS IS AN AUTOMATED...UNATTENDED WEATHER STATION AND MAY UNDERESTIMATE WINTER PRECIPITATION. ...MARCH 2024 MONTH IN REVIEW FOR MILES CITY... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR MILES CITY FOR MARCH 2024. ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND ALL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES. NORMALS ARE 30 YEAR AVERAGES CALCULATED FROM 1991 TO 2020. MONTHLY RANKINGS FOR PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES USE A PERIOD OF RECORD THAT STARTED IN FEBRUARY 1937 AT THE MILES CITY AIRPORT. NUMBERS DENOTED WITH AN * IS MISSING DATA IN THE CALCULATION. ...MILES CITY MONTHLY PRECIPITATION... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MARCH 0.17 0.55 -0.38 16TH DRIEST OUT OF 88 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 2008) (DRIEST SINCE 0.08 IN 2023) ...MILES CITY MARCH 2024 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... NONE 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 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MARCH 33.1 34.7 -1.6 41ST COLDEST OUT OF 88 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 17.3 IN 1965) (COLDEST SINCE 25.2 IN 2023) ...MILES CITY AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MARCH 44.0 46.8 -2.8 TIED FOR THE 36TH COLDEST OUT OF 88 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 27.5 IN 1965) (COLDEST SINCE 33.9 IN 2023) ...MILES CITY MARCH 2024 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...MILES CITY MARCH 2024 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...MILES CITY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MARCH 22.2 22.5 -0.3 41ST COLDEST OUT OF 88 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 7.1 IN 1965) (COLDEST SINCE 16.5 IN 2023) ...MILES CITY MARCH 2024 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...MILES CITY MARCH 2024 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE $$