Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
000 CXUS55 KBYZ 011039 CLMBIL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 437 AM MDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE BILLINGS MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1934 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 101 08/15 LOWEST 52 08/14 AVG. MAXIMUM 86.1 85.8 0.3 AVG. MINIMUM 60.6 57.5 3.1 MEAN 73.4 71.6 1.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 10 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 1.29 0.87 0.42 DAYS >= .01 9 DAYS >= .10 5 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.37 08/20 TO 08/21 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS TR 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 T 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 1 DAYS >= 1.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 8 24 -16 SINCE 7/1 16 34 -18 COOLING TOTAL 277 230 47 SINCE 1/1 632 595 37 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/300 DATE 08/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 59/190 DATE 08/21 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 49 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 4 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...AUGUST 2023 MONTH IN REVIEW FOR BILLINGS... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE...PRECIPITATION...AND WIND STATISTICS FOR BILLINGS FOR AUGUST 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...SNOWFALL...AND TEMPERATURES USE A PERIOD OF RECORD THAT STARTED IN AUGUST 1934 AT THE BILLINGS AIRPORT. MONTHLY RANKINGS FOR WIND USE A PERIOD OF RECORD THAT STARTED IN 1984. NUMBERS DENOTED WITH AN * IS MISSING DATA IN THE CALCULATION. ...BILLINGS MONTHLY PRECIPITATION... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING AUGUST 1.29 0.87 +0.42 21ST WETTEST OUT OF 90 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.50 IN 1965) (WETTEST SINCE 2.44 IN 2021) ...BILLINGS AUGUST 2023 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... NONE ...BILLINGS MONTHLY SNOWFALL... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING AUGUST T 0.0 +T NOT DETERMINED ...BILLINGS AUGUST 2023 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS... T ON AUGUST 8 (TIED RECORD IN 1954) ...BILLINGS AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING AUGUST 73.4 71.6 +1.8 TIED FOR THE 20TH WARMEST OUT OF 90 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 77.5 IN 1983) (WARMEST SINCE 75.9 IN 2022) ...BILLINGS AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING AUGUST 86.1 85.8 +0.3 41ST WARMEST OUT OF 90 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 92.2 IN 1971) (WARMEST SINCE 89.8 IN 2022) ...BILLINGS AUGUST 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 101 ON AUGUST 15 (OLD RECORD 100 IN 2003) ...BILLINGS AUGUST 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...BILLINGS AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING AUGUST 60.6 57.5 +3.1 9TH WARMEST OUT OF 90 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 63.3 IN 1983) (WARMEST SINCE 61.9 IN 2022) ...BILLINGS AUGUST 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 69 ON AUGUST 16 (TIED RECORD IN 2021) 76 ON AUGUST 18 (OLD RECORD 71 IN 2020) ...BILLINGS AUGUST 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...BILLINGS MONTHLY WIND AVERAGES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING AUGUST 9.0 9.0 0.0 TIED FOR THE 28TH LEAST WINDIEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD LEAST WINDIEST WAS 7.7 IN 1989) (LEAST WINDIEST SINCE 8.8 IN 2021) $$