Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
491 CXUS55 KBYZ 011149 CLMMLS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 548 AM MDT THU AUG 01 2024 ................................... ...THE MILES CITY MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 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 108 07/24 LOWEST 50 07/06 AVG. MAXIMUM 90.3 88.7 1.6 AVG. MINIMUM 61.3 59.6 1.7 MEAN 75.8 74.2 1.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 19 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 0.59 1.51 -0.92 DAYS >= .01 7 DAYS >= .10 2 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.21 07/03 TO 07/03 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6 10 -4 SINCE 7/1 6 7 -1 COOLING TOTAL 350 294 56 SINCE 1/1 448 407 41 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/330 DATE 07/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/320 DATE 07/05 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 48 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 2 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 10 - 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. ...JULY 2024 MONTH IN REVIEW FOR MILES CITY... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR MILES CITY FOR JULY 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 JULY 0.59* 1.51 -0.92 20TH DRIEST OUT OF 88 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T TIED IN 2017) (DRIEST SINCE 0.40 IN 2023) ...MILES CITY JULY 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 JULY 75.8 74.2 +1.6 TIED FOR THE 33RD WARMEST OUT OF 88 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 81.5 IN 2007) (WARMEST SINCE 76.2 IN 2022) ...MILES CITY AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JULY 90.3 88.7 +1.6 34TH WARMEST OUT OF 88 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 96.7 TIED IN 2017) (WARMEST SINCE 91.8 IN 2022) ...MILES CITY JULY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 105 ON JULY 25 (OLD RECORD 102 IN 1956) ...MILES CITY JULY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...MILES CITY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JULY 61.3 59.6 +1.7 TIED FOR THE 30TH WARMEST OUT OF 88 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 66.3 IN 2007) (WARMEST SINCE 65.0 IN 2021) ...MILES CITY JULY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 77 ON JULY 25 (OLD RECORD 74 IN 1959) ...MILES CITY JULY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE $$