Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
341 CXUS55 KBYZ 011149 CLMBIL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 548 AM MDT THU AUG 01 2024 ................................... ...THE BILLINGS MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1934 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 105 07/24 LOWEST 51 07/05 07/06 07/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 90.4 87.3 3.1 AVG. MINIMUM 61.1 59.3 1.8 MEAN 75.8 73.3 2.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 19 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 0.23 1.22 -0.99 DAYS >= .01 5 DAYS >= .10 1 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.10 07/04 TO 07/04 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS T 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 3 12 -9 SINCE 7/1 3 9 -6 COOLING TOTAL 343 269 74 SINCE 1/1 440 365 75 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/290 DATE 07/25 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 52/280 DATE 07/25 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 42 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 12 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 1 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...JULY 2024 MONTH IN REVIEW FOR BILLINGS... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE...PRECIPITATION...AND WIND STATISTICS FOR BILLINGS 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...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 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JULY 0.23 1.22 -0.99 TIED FOR THE 9TH DRIEST OUT OF 90 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 2003) (DRIEST SINCE 0.16 IN 2021) ...BILLINGS JULY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... NONE ...BILLINGS MONTHLY SNOWFALL... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JULY T 0.0 +T NOT DETERMINED ...BILLINGS JULY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS... T ON JULY 3 (OLD RECORD 0.0 IN 1935) ...BILLINGS AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JULY 75.8 73.3 +2.5 TIED FOR THE 14TH WARMEST OUT OF 90 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 81.0 IN 1936) (WARMEST SINCE 75.9 IN 2022) ...BILLINGS AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JULY 90.4 87.3 +3.1 TIED FOR THE 16TH WARMEST OUT OF 90 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 96.3 IN 1936) (WARMEST SINCE 91.0 IN 2022) ...BILLINGS JULY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 105 ON JULY 24 (TIED RECORD IN 1999) ...BILLINGS JULY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...BILLINGS AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JULY 61.1 59.3 +1.8 12TH WARMEST OUT OF 90 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 65.7 IN 1936) (WARMEST SINCE 63.9 IN 2021) ...BILLINGS JULY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 72 ON JULY 24 (TIED RECORD IN 2003) 73 ON JULY 25 (OLD RECORD 72 IN 2003) ...BILLINGS JULY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...BILLINGS MONTHLY WIND AVERAGES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JULY 8.7 8.9 -0.2 TIED FOR THE 21ST LEAST WINDIEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD LEAST WINDIEST WAS 7.6 IN 2011) (LEAST WINDIEST SINCE 8.4 IN 2023) $$