Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS55 KBYZ 021718 CLALVM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 1016 AM MST MON JAN 02 2023 ................................... ...THE LIVINGSTON MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 105 08/05/1961 LOW -41 12/24/1983 HIGHEST 102 09/03 09/07 LOWEST -27 02/23 AVG. MAXIMUM 58.5 58.3 0.2 AVG. MINIMUM 32.2 32.6 -0.4 MEAN 45.4 45.4 -0.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 45 16.9 DAYS MAX <= 32 35 0.1 DAYS MIN <= 32 168 6.4 DAYS MIN <= 0 21 7.8 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 18.11 2019 MINIMUM 8.62 2012 TOTALS 14.13 14.55 -0.42 DAYS >= .01 80 -26.1 DAYS >= .10 33 -9.3 DAYS >= .50 3 -2.3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 -0.8 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 7500 7375 125 COOLING TOTAL 481 278 203 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 08/17/2002 LATEST 06/29/1968 EARLIEST 09/10 LATEST 06/01 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 62/220 DATE 12/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 75/220 DATE 12/27 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 30 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 10 RAIN 33 LIGHT RAIN 106 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 14 SNOW 26 LIGHT SNOW 84 SLEET 0 FOG 92 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 16 HAZE 52 - 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. ...2022 YEAR IN REVIEW FOR LIVINGSTON... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR LIVINGSTON FOR 2022. ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND ALL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES. NORMALS ARE 30 YEAR AVERAGES CALCULATED FROM 1991 TO 2020. 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 2022 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 0.51 0.44 +0.07 33RD WETTEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 2.41 IN 1989) (WETTEST SINCE 1.00 IN 2018) FEBRUARY 0.29 0.47 -0.18 29TH DRIEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 1977) (DRIEST SINCE 0.26 IN 2019) MARCH 0.46 0.79 -0.33 18TH DRIEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.13 IN 2002) (DRIEST SINCE 0.33 IN 2019) APRIL 1.28 1.71 -0.43 32ND DRIEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.23 IN 1980) (DRIEST SINCE 1.24 IN 2021) MAY 4.16 2.66 +1.50 10TH WETTEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 6.48 IN 1981) (WETTEST SINCE 5.19 IN 2011) JUNE 1.98 2.42 -0.44 TIED FOR THE 31ST DRIEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.54 IN 1974) (DRIEST SINCE 0.81 IN 2021) JULY 0.79 1.31 -0.52 26TH DRIEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 1991) (DRIEST SINCE 0.69 IN 2020) AUGUST 0.74 1.07 -0.33 30TH DRIEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.06 IN 2001) (DRIEST SINCE 0.71 IN 2020) SEPTEMBER 0.48 1.20 -0.72 12TH DRIEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.04 IN 1964) (DRIEST SINCE 0.29 IN 2021) OCTOBER 2.26 1.36 +0.90 9TH WETTEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.47 IN 1975) (WETTEST SINCE 3.32 IN 2016) NOVEMBER 0.60 0.62 -0.02 TIED FOR THE 36TH WETTEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 2.40 IN 1973) (WETTEST SINCE 0.67 IN 2019) DECEMBER 0.58 0.50 +0.08 TIED FOR THE 25TH WETTEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 2.01 IN 1955) (WETTEST SINCE 0.79 IN 2021) YEAR 14.13 14.55 -0.42 31ST DRIEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 5.39 IN 1948) (DRIEST SINCE 11.62 IN 2021) ... 2022 TOP 3 DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION... 1 - 0.98 OCTOBER 22 2 - 0.65 MAY 29 3 - 0.63 MAY 30 ALL TIME DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD...2.90 ON JUNE 16 1992 ... 2022 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... 0.52 ON MAY 3 (TIED RECORD IN 1963) 0.98 ON OCTOBER 22 (OLD RECORD 0.45 IN 1975) NOTE: SINCE THE LATE 1990S...LIVINGSTON BECAME AN AUTOMATED AND UNATTENDED WEATHER STATION. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE WINTER MAY BE UNDERESTIMATED. ... AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2022 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 31.5 28.1 +3.4 TIED FOR THE 16TH WARMEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 37.5 IN 1986) (WARMEST SINCE 32.1 IN 2020) FEBRUARY 26.9 28.9 -2.0 24TH COLDEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 11.5 IN 2019) (COLDEST SINCE 17.9 IN 2021) MARCH 37.2 36.1 +1.1 24TH WARMEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 45.2 IN 2015) (WARMEST SINCE 38.9 IN 2021) APRIL 36.1 42.2 -6.1 3RD COLDEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 33.7 IN 1975) (COLDEST SINCE 33.7 IN 1975) MAY 49.4 51.0 -1.6 16TH COLDEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 46.3 IN 1959) (COLDEST SINCE 48.3 IN 2019) JUNE 59.3 59.3 0.0 TIED FOR THE 34TH COLDEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 53.8 IN 1951) (COLDEST SINCE 59.3 IN 2018) JULY 70.7 67.9 +2.8 TIED FOR THE 12TH WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 74.0 IN 2007) (WARMEST SINCE 73.2 IN 2021) AUGUST 71.1 66.5 +4.6 6TH WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 71.6 IN 2000) (WARMEST SINCE 71.3 IN 2013) SEPTEMBER 62.1 57.3 +4.8 4TH WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 64.2 IN 1998) (WARMEST SINCE 64.2 IN 1998) OCTOBER 49.8 45.5 +4.3 TIED FOR THE 13TH WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 52.6 IN 1988) (WARMEST SINCE 50.6 IN 2015) NOVEMBER 26.4 35.1 -8.7 4TH COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 18.3 IN 1985) (COLDEST SINCE 24.2 IN 2000) DECEMBER 24.3 27.6 -3.3 15TH COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 12.2 IN 1983) (COLDEST SINCE 18.8 IN 2016) YEAR 45.5 45.6 -0.1 TIED FOR THE 35TH COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 41.8 IN 1975) (COLDEST SINCE 43.0 IN 2019) ... AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2022 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 40.4 37.4 +3.0 18TH WARMEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 48.2 IN 1981) (WARMEST SINCE 40.9 IN 2020) FEBRUARY 37.5 38.9 -1.4 29TH COLDEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 20.5 IN 2019) (COLDEST SINCE 25.4 IN 2021) MARCH 49.5 47.8 +1.7 21ST WARMEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 58.2 IN 2015) (WARMEST SINCE 51.9 IN 2021) APRIL 48.2 54.4 -6.2 5TH COLDEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 41.9 IN 1975) (COLDEST SINCE 41.9 IN 1975) MAY 61.2 64.4 -3.2 TIED FOR THE 16TH COLDEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 57.7 IN 1975) (COLDEST SINCE 59.9 IN 2019) JUNE 74.5 73.8 +0.7 TIED FOR THE 29TH WARMEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 85.6 IN 1988) (WARMEST SINCE 84.9 IN 2021) JULY 90.2 85.7 +4.5 TIED FOR THE 7TH WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 93.2 IN 2007) (WARMEST SINCE 92.7 IN 2021) AUGUST 90.0 84.8 +5.2 TIED FOR THE 2ND WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 91.0 IN 2000) (WARMEST SINCE 90.0 IN 2013) SEPTEMBER 80.0 73.5 +6.5 7TH WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 81.6 IN 1998) (WARMEST SINCE 80.7 IN 2012) OCTOBER 63.6 58.2 +5.4 16TH WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 68.0 IN 1999) (WARMEST SINCE 63.9 IN 2015) NOVEMBER 35.7 44.9 -9.2 4TH COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 26.4 IN 1985) (COLDEST SINCE 34.3 IN 2000) DECEMBER 31.8 36.4 -4.6 13TH COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 21.4 IN 1983) (COLDEST SINCE 27.2 IN 2016) YEAR 58.7 58.5 +0.2 TIED FOR THE 27TH WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 63.2 IN 1999) (WARMEST SINCE 60.7 IN 2021) ... 2022 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES... 1 - 102 SEPTEMBER 7 2 - 102 SEPTEMBER 3 3 - 101 JULY 17 ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...105 ON AUGUST 5 1961 ... 2022 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 74 ON MARCH 28 (TIED RECORD IN 1986) 101 ON JULY 17 (OLD RECORD 100 IN 1998) 96 ON SEPTEMBER 1 (OLD RECORD 95 IN 1983) 102 ON SEPTEMBER 3 (OLD RECORD 98 IN 2017) 95 ON SEPTEMBER 6 (OLD RECORD 94 IN 1980) 102 ON SEPTEMBER 7 (OLD RECORD 95 IN 1998) 89 ON SEPTEMBER 28 (TIED RECORD IN 2010) ... 2022 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES... 1 - -11 DECEMBER 22 2 - -5 FEBRUARY 22 3 - -3 DECEMBER 21 ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...-26 ON FEBRUARY 3 1989 ... 2022 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... -3 ON JANUARY 5 (OLD RECORD 1 IN 1974) -5 ON FEBRUARY 22 (OLD RECORD -2 IN 1957) 24 ON APRIL 12 (OLD RECORD 27 IN 2020) 24 ON APRIL 13 (OLD RECORD 26 IN 1986) 23 ON APRIL 14 (OLD RECORD 26 IN 1970) 29 ON APRIL 15 (TIED RECORD IN 1970) 30 ON APRIL 16 (OLD RECORD 33 IN 1959) 61 ON AUGUST 6 (OLD RECORD 70 IN 1973) 11 ON NOVEMBER 9 (OLD RECORD 14 IN 1986) ... AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2022 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 22.5 18.8 +3.7 15TH WARMEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 28.8 IN 1986) (WARMEST SINCE 23.3 IN 2020) FEBRUARY 16.2 18.9 -2.7 TIED FOR THE 18TH COLDEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 2.5 IN 2019) (COLDEST SINCE 10.4 IN 2021) MARCH 24.8 24.3 +0.5 TIED FOR THE 31ST WARMEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 32.7 IN 1986) (WARMEST SINCE 25.8 IN 2021) APRIL 24.0 30.0 -6.0 RECORD COLDEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (OLD RECORD COLDEST WAS 25.4 IN 1975) MAY 37.5 37.6 -0.1 TIED FOR THE 24TH COLDEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 33.2 IN 2002) (COLDEST SINCE 35.3 IN 2021) JUNE 44.0 44.8 -0.8 TIED FOR THE 13TH COLDEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 40.9 IN 1951) (COLDEST SINCE 43.0 IN 2011) JULY 51.1 50.2 +0.9 35TH COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 46.2 IN 1993) (COLDEST SINCE 47.8 IN 2020) AUGUST 52.2 48.1 +4.1 TIED FOR THE 8TH WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 54.3 IN 1983) (WARMEST SINCE 52.6 IN 2013) SEPTEMBER 44.1 41.2 +2.9 TIED FOR THE 14TH WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 47.3 IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 45.3 IN 2019) OCTOBER 36.0 32.7 +3.3 26TH WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 38.8 IN 1953) (WARMEST SINCE 37.1 IN 2021) NOVEMBER 17.1 25.3 -8.2 4TH COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 10.1 IN 1985) (COLDEST SINCE 14.0 IN 2000) DECEMBER 16.7 18.8 -2.1 20TH COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 2.9 IN 1983) (COLDEST SINCE 15.7 IN 2017) YEAR 32.3 32.7 -0.4 TIED FOR THE 21ST COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 30.5 IN 1951) (COLDEST SINCE 30.9 IN 2019) ... 2022 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES... 1 - 66 AUGUST 2 2 - 60 JULY 7 3 - 59 AUGUST 25 ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...73 ON AUGUST 10 2000 ... 2022 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 54 ON MAY 27 (TIED RECORD IN 1949) 66 ON AUGUST 2 (OLD RECORD 65 IN 1955) ... 2022 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES... 1 - -27 FEBRUARY 23 2 - -26 DECEMBER 22 3 - -26 DECEMBER 21 ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...-41 ON DECEMBER 24 1983 ... 2022 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... -14 ON JANUARY 1 (TIED RECORD IN 2018) -22 ON FEBRUARY 22 (OLD RECORD -13 IN 2015) -27 ON FEBRUARY 23 (OLD RECORD -18 IN 2003) -12 ON MARCH 10 (OLD RECORD -11 IN 1956) 7 ON APRIL 14 (OLD RECORD 9 IN 1986) 8 ON APRIL 15 (OLD RECORD 11 IN 1973) 24 ON MAY 21 (TIED RECORD IN 2009) 33 ON JUNE 25 (TIED RECORD IN 2003) 27 ON SEPTEMBER 10 (TIED RECORD IN 1989) -5 ON NOVEMBER 18 (OLD RECORD 0 IN 1978) $$