Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
586 CXUS55 KBYZ 011310 CLMMLS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 607 AM MST THU FEB 01 2024 ................................... ...THE MILES CITY MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 54 01/30 LOWEST -34 01/14 AVG. MAXIMUM 26.9 30.1 -3.2 AVG. MINIMUM 5.2 8.9 -3.7 MEAN 16.1 19.5 -3.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 16 DAYS MIN <= 32 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 10 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 0.12 0.28 -0.16 DAYS >= .01 2 DAYS >= .10 0 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.12 01/21 TO 01/21 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1509 1410 99 SINCE 7/1 4090 4491 -401 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/320 DATE 01/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/310 DATE 01/05 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 0 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 8 SLEET 0 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 HAZE 8 - 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. ...JANUARY 2024 MONTH IN REVIEW FOR MILES CITY... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR MILES CITY FOR JANUARY 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 JANUARY 0.12 0.28 -0.16 TIED FOR THE 17TH DRIEST OUT OF 87 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.01 IN 2008) (DRIEST SINCE 0.10 IN 2023) ...MILES CITY JANUARY 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 JANUARY 16.1 19.5 -3.4 35TH COLDEST OUT OF 87 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS -4.5 IN 1950) (COLDEST SINCE 14.9 IN 2018) ...MILES CITY AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 26.9 30.1 -3.2 37TH COLDEST OUT OF 87 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 5.2 IN 1950) (COLDEST SINCE 26.0 IN 2018) ...MILES CITY JANUARY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...MILES CITY JANUARY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... -17 ON JANUARY 13 (OLD RECORD -10 IN 1950) -13 ON JANUARY 14 (OLD RECORD -12 IN 1950) ...MILES CITY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 5.2 8.9 -3.7 35TH COLDEST OUT OF 87 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS -14.1 IN 1950) (COLDEST SINCE 3.8 IN 2018) ...MILES CITY JANUARY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...MILES CITY JANUARY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... -33 ON JANUARY 13 (OLD RECORD -32 IN 2005) -34 ON JANUARY 14 (TIED RECORD IN 2005) $$