Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
000 CXUS55 KBYZ 011037 CLMMLS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 434 AM MDT SUN OCT 01 2023 ................................... ...THE MILES CITY MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1937 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 96 09/02 09/03 LOWEST 45 09/15 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.5 75.6 2.9 AVG. MINIMUM 52.7 46.9 5.8 MEAN 65.6 61.2 4.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 3 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 2.40 1.07 1.33 DAYS >= .01 6 DAYS >= .10 5 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.74 09/21 TO 09/22 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 48 176 -128 SINCE 7/1 63 211 -148 COOLING TOTAL 76 64 12 SINCE 1/1 830 727 103 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/260 DATE 09/03 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/260 DATE 09/03 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 56 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 9 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 8 - 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. ...SEPTEMBER 2023 MONTH IN REVIEW FOR MILES CITY... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR MILES CITY FOR SEPTEMBER 2023. 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 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING SEPTEMBER 2.40 1.07 +1.33 10TH WETTEST OUT OF 87 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 4.67 IN 1941) (WETTEST SINCE 2.85 IN 2019) ...MILES CITY SEPTEMBER 2023 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... 1.60 ON SEPTEMBER 22 (OLD RECORD 0.93 IN 2006) 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 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING SEPTEMBER 65.6 61.2 +4.4 TIED FOR THE 13TH WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 69.4 IN 1998) (WARMEST SINCE 66.7 IN 2022) ...MILES CITY AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING SEPTEMBER 78.5 75.6 +2.9 TIED FOR THE 21ST WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 84.3 IN 1998) (WARMEST SINCE 82.0 IN 2022) ...MILES CITY SEPTEMBER 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...MILES CITY SEPTEMBER 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...MILES CITY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING SEPTEMBER 52.7 46.9 +5.8 TIED FOR THE 5TH WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 54.5 IN 1998) (WARMEST SINCE 52.8 IN 2013) ...MILES CITY SEPTEMBER 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 54 ON SEPTEMBER 23 (TIED RECORD IN 1953) ...MILES CITY SEPTEMBER 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE $$