Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
774 CXUS55 KBYZ 011904 CLALVM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 1158 AM MST WED JAN 1 2020 ................................... ...THE LIVINGSTON MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 105 08/05/1961 LOW -41 12/24/1983 HIGHEST 96 09/04 LOWEST -32 03/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 54.9 58.1 -3.2 AVG. MINIMUM 30.7 31.5 -0.8 MEAN 42.8 44.8 -2.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 20 1.6 DAYS MAX <= 32 52 16.9 DAYS MIN <= 32 168 -4.8 DAYS MIN <= 0 26 11.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 22.87 1975 MINIMUM 9.01 1954 TOTALS 18.07 14.81 3.26 DAYS >= .01 118 14.7 DAYS >= .10 50 8.0 DAYS >= .50 8 1.8 DAYS >= 1.00 1 -0.1 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 8169 7603 566 COOLING TOTAL 226 229 -3 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 08/17/2002 LATEST 06/29/1968 EARLIEST 09/13 LATEST 05/28 ................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 61/210 DATE 12/31 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 80/210 DATE 12/31 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 46 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 27 RAIN 41 LIGHT RAIN 129 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 11 SNOW 25 LIGHT SNOW 95 SLEET 0 FOG 127 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 17 HAZE 49 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...2019 YEAR IN REVIEW FOR LIVINGSTON... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR LIVINGSTON FOR 2019. ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND ALL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES. NORMALS ARE 30 YEAR AVERAGES CALCULATED FROM 1981 TO 2010. MONTHLY AND ANNUAL RANKINGS FOR PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES USE A PERIOD OF RECORD THAT STARTED IN JULY 1948 AT OR NEAR THE LIVINGSTON AIRPORT. NUMBERS DENOTED WITH AN * IS MISSING DATA IN THE CALCULATION. ... MONTHLY PRECIPITATION... MONTH 2019 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 0.21 0.49 -0.28 21ST DRIEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.01 TIED IN 2009) (DRIEST SINCE 0.15 IN 2016) FEBRUARY 0.26 0.50 -0.24 TIED FOR THE 24TH DRIEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 1977) (DRIEST SINCE 0.17 IN 2016) MARCH 0.33 0.84 -0.51 7TH DRIEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.13 IN 2002) (DRIEST SINCE 0.27 IN 2015) APRIL 3.44 1.77 +1.67 RECORD WETTEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (OLD RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.22 IN 1984) MAY 2.51 2.66 -0.15 35TH DRIEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.30 IN 1958) (DRIEST SINCE 2.41 IN 2016) JUNE 1.89 2.39 -0.50 26TH DRIEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.54 IN 1974) (DRIEST SINCE 1.65 IN 2017) JULY 2.81 1.47 +1.34 9TH WETTEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 4.39 IN 1993) (WETTEST SINCE 2.99 IN 1994) AUGUST 0.80 1.11 -0.31 31ST DRIEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.06 IN 2001) (DRIEST SINCE 0.68 IN 2017) SEPTEMBER 3.78 1.21 +2.57 RECORD WETTEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (OLD RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.67 IN 1949) OCTOBER 1.32 1.26 +0.06 29TH WETTEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.47 IN 1975) (WETTEST SINCE 1.38 IN 2018) NOVEMBER 0.67 0.59 +0.08 32ND WETTEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 2.40 IN 1973) (WETTEST SINCE 1.06 IN 2018) DECEMBER 0.05 0.52 -0.47 3RD DRIEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 2009) (DRIEST SINCE T IN 2009) YEAR 18.07 14.81 +3.26 10TH WETTEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 22.87 IN 1975) (WETTEST SINCE 20.09 IN 1993) ... 2019 TOP 3 DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION... 1 - 1.08 SEPTEMBER 20 2 - 0.96 APRIL 20 3 - 0.80 APRIL 8 ALL TIME DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD...2.90 ON JUNE 16 1992 ... 2019 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... 0.80 ON APRIL 8 (OLD RECORD 0.57 IN 1988) 0.54 ON APRIL 9 (OLD RECORD 0.38 IN 1965) 0.96 ON APRIL 20 (OLD RECORD 0.40 IN 1999) 0.31 ON APRIL 21 (OLD RECORD 0.30 IN 1971) 0.72 ON SEPTEMBER 6 (OLD RECORD 0.61 IN 1976) 1.08 ON SEPTEMBER 20 (OLD RECORD 0.59 IN 1970) NOTE: SINCE THE LATE 1990S...LIVINGSTON BECAME AN AUTOMATED AND UNATTENDED WEATHER STATION. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE WINTER MAY BE UNDERESTIMATED. ... AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2019 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 30.5 27.0 +3.5 20TH WARMEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 37.5 IN 1986) (WARMEST SINCE 31.3 IN 2018) FEBRUARY 11.5 29.1 -17.6 RECORD COLDEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (OLD RECORD COLDEST WAS 13.2 IN 1989) MARCH 23.4 35.6 -12.2 2ND COLDEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 22.0 IN 1965) (COLDEST SINCE 22.0 IN 1965) APRIL 43.5 42.1 +1.4 28TH WARMEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 51.7 IN 1987) (WARMEST SINCE 43.8 IN 2017) MAY 48.3 50.6 -2.3 TIED FOR THE 10TH COLDEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 46.3 IN 1959) (COLDEST SINCE 48.3 IN 2011) JUNE 59.5 58.7 +0.8 32ND WARMEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 68.4 IN 1988) (WARMEST SINCE 60.3 IN 2017) JULY 66.1 66.9 -0.8 17TH COLDEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 58.1 IN 1993) (COLDEST SINCE 65.5 IN 2009) AUGUST 66.8 65.6 +1.2 TIED FOR THE 33RD WARMEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 71.6 IN 2000) (WARMEST SINCE 67.0 IN 2017) SEPTEMBER 57.8 55.8 +2.0 27TH WARMEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 64.2 IN 1998) (WARMEST SINCE 60.8 IN 2015) OCTOBER 37.9 45.1 -7.2 TIED FOR THE 2ND COLDEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 37.0 IN 1969) (COLDEST SINCE 37.9 IN 2009) NOVEMBER 34.8 34.0 +0.8 TIED FOR THE 35TH WARMEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 49.0 IN 1999) (WARMEST SINCE 34.8 IN 2018) DECEMBER 33.7 26.1 +7.6 6TH WARMEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 35.8 IN 1957) (WARMEST SINCE 34.9 IN 1999) YEAR 43.0 44.8 -1.8 3RD COLDEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 41.8 IN 1975) (COLDEST SINCE 41.8 IN 1975) ... AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2019 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 40.6 36.9 +3.7 16TH WARMEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 48.2 IN 1981) (WARMEST SINCE 43.7 IN 2015) FEBRUARY 20.5 39.8 -19.3 RECORD COLDEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (OLD RECORD COLDEST WAS 22.1 IN 1989) MARCH 35.2 47.5 -12.3 5TH COLDEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 33.6 IN 1965) (COLDEST SINCE 34.7 IN 1975) APRIL 54.1 55.0 -0.9 34TH COLDEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 41.9 IN 1975) (COLDEST SINCE 53.2 IN 2018) MAY 59.9 64.6 -4.7 11TH COLDEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 57.7 IN 1975) (COLDEST SINCE 58.9 IN 2011) JUNE 74.5 73.4 +1.1 27TH WARMEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 85.6 IN 1988) (WARMEST SINCE 75.9 IN 2017) JULY 82.8 84.6 -1.8 19TH COLDEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 70.0 IN 1993) (COLDEST SINCE 82.1 IN 1997) AUGUST 85.0 84.0 +1.0 TIED FOR THE 25TH WARMEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 91.0 IN 2000) (WARMEST SINCE 86.2 IN 2017) SEPTEMBER 70.2 72.1 -1.9 22ND COLDEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 53.8 IN 1965) (COLDEST SINCE 69.5 IN 2016) OCTOBER 49.2 58.5 -9.3 3RD COLDEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 45.8 IN 1969) (COLDEST SINCE 47.7 IN 2009) NOVEMBER 45.0 44.0 +1.0 30TH WARMEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 60.5 IN 1999) (WARMEST SINCE 54.8 IN 2016) DECEMBER 41.4 35.5 +5.9 10TH WARMEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 44.9 IN 1980) (WARMEST SINCE 43.3 IN 1999) YEAR 55.1 58.1 -3.0 8TH COLDEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 52.4 IN 1975) (COLDEST SINCE 52.4 IN 1975) ... 2019 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES... 1 - 96 SEPTEMBER 4 2 - 94 SEPTEMBER 5 3 - 94 AUGUST 19 ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...105 ON AUGUST 5 1961 ... 2019 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 55 ON DECEMBER 23 (TIED RECORD IN 1964) ... 2019 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES... 1 - -5 FEBRUARY 25 2 - -3 MARCH 3 3 - 0 FEBRUARY 4 ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...-26 ON FEBRUARY 3 1989 ... 2019 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 4 ON FEBRUARY 9 (OLD RECORD 7 IN 2014) 5 ON FEBRUARY 24 (TIED RECORD IN 2011) -5 ON FEBRUARY 25 (OLD RECORD 1 IN 2011) 1 ON FEBRUARY 26 (OLD RECORD 2 IN 1955) -3 ON MARCH 3 (OLD RECORD 4 IN 1978) 7 ON MARCH 4 (OLD RECORD 13 IN 2003) 39 ON MAY 19 (OLD RECORD 47 IN 2018) 39 ON SEPTEMBER 29 (TIED RECORD IN 1985) 23 ON OCTOBER 27 (OLD RECORD 27 IN 1969) 12 ON OCTOBER 29 (OLD RECORD 15 IN 1991) ... AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2019 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 20.4 17.2 +3.2 29TH WARMEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 28.8 IN 1986) (WARMEST SINCE 22.2 IN 2018) FEBRUARY 2.5 18.3 -15.8 RECORD COLDEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (OLD RECORD COLDEST WAS 4.2 IN 1989) MARCH 11.6 23.7 -12.1 2ND COLDEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 10.3 IN 1965) (COLDEST SINCE 10.3 IN 1965) APRIL 32.9 29.1 +3.8 TIED FOR THE 14TH WARMEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 34.9 TIED IN 1981) (WARMEST SINCE 34.5 IN 2016) MAY 36.6 36.6 0.0 TIED FOR THE 17TH COLDEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 33.2 IN 2002) (COLDEST SINCE 35.2 IN 2017) JUNE 44.5 44.0 +0.5 TIED FOR THE 22ND COLDEST OUT OF 71 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 40.9 IN 1951) (COLDEST SINCE 43.0 IN 2011) JULY 49.4 49.2 +0.2 18TH COLDEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 46.2 IN 1993) (COLDEST SINCE 48.4 IN 2011) AUGUST 48.6 47.2 +1.4 31ST COLDEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 43.4 IN 2002) (COLDEST SINCE 47.2 IN 2018) SEPTEMBER 45.3 39.4 +5.9 6TH WARMEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 47.3 IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 46.7 IN 2013) OCTOBER 26.6 31.6 -5.0 2ND COLDEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 25.5 IN 2002) (COLDEST SINCE 25.5 IN 2002) NOVEMBER 24.6 23.9 +0.7 30TH COLDEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 10.1 IN 1985) (COLDEST SINCE 22.7 IN 2015) DECEMBER 25.9 16.7 +9.2 6TH WARMEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 28.3 IN 1957) (WARMEST SINCE 26.4 IN 1999) YEAR 30.9 31.5 -0.6 3RD COLDEST OUT OF 72 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 30.5 IN 1951) (COLDEST SINCE 30.8 IN 2002) ... 2019 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES... 1 - 59 SEPTEMBER 15 2 - 58 JULY 27 3 - 57 JULY 30 ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...73 ON AUGUST 10 2000 ... 2019 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 41 ON APRIL 8 (TIED RECORD IN 1984) 53 ON APRIL 19 (OLD RECORD 50 IN 1999) 52 ON MAY 15 (OLD RECORD 48 IN 1993) 59 ON SEPTEMBER 15 (OLD RECORD 58 IN 1948) 43 ON DECEMBER 7 (OLD RECORD 42 IN 1970) 43 ON DECEMBER 21 (TIED RECORD IN 2005) ... 2019 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES... 1 - -32 MARCH 4 2 - -28 MARCH 3 3 - -16 MARCH 5 ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...-41 ON DECEMBER 24 1983 ... 2019 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... -28 ON MARCH 3 (OLD RECORD -17 IN 1976) -32 ON MARCH 4 (OLD RECORD -11 IN 1989) -16 ON MARCH 5 (TIED RECORD IN 1951) 10 ON APRIL 29 (OLD RECORD 12 IN 2005) 39 ON JULY 20 (OLD RECORD 41 IN 1962) 10 ON OCTOBER 27 (TIED RECORD IN 1971) -12 ON OCTOBER 29 (OLD RECORD -2 IN 1971) $$