Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
531 CXUS55 KBYZ 011312 CLMBIL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 610 AM MST FRI MAR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE BILLINGS MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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 59 02/20 02/26 LOWEST 3 02/16 AVG. MAXIMUM 43.4 39.2 4.2 AVG. MINIMUM 25.0 19.7 5.3 MEAN 34.2 29.4 4.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 5 DAYS MIN <= 32 21 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 0.87 0.57 0.30 DAYS >= .01 9 DAYS >= .10 3 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.26 02/26 TO 02/27 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 10.6 9.1 1.5 SINCE 7/1 25.8 40.8 -15.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 DAYS >= TRACE 11 DAYS >= 1.0 3 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 5 02/16 02/17 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 887 995 -108 SINCE 7/1 4375 4998 -623 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/240 DATE 02/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/240 DATE 02/17 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 3 LIGHT SNOW 11 SLEET 1 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...FEBRUARY 2024 MONTH IN REVIEW FOR BILLINGS... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE...PRECIPITATION...AND WIND STATISTICS FOR BILLINGS FOR FEBRUARY 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 FEBRUARY 0.87 0.57 +0.30 19TH WETTEST OUT OF 90 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 2.06 IN 2014) (WETTEST SINCE 1.08 IN 2021) ...BILLINGS FEBRUARY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... NONE ...BILLINGS MONTHLY SNOWFALL... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING FEBRUARY 10.6 9.1 +1.5 28TH SNOWIEST OUT OF 90 YEARS (RECORD SNOWIEST WAS 37.0 IN 2014) (SNOWIEST SINCE 12.0 IN 2023) ...BILLINGS FEBRUARY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS... 4.2 ON FEBRUARY 15 (OLD RECORD 4.0 IN 2019) ...BILLINGS AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING FEBRUARY 34.2 29.4 +4.8 19TH WARMEST OUT OF 90 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 41.0 TIED IN 2016) (WARMEST SINCE 41.0 IN 2016) ...BILLINGS AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING FEBRUARY 43.4 39.2 +4.2 TIED FOR THE 21ST WARMEST OUT OF 90 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 52.1 IN 2016) (WARMEST SINCE 52.1 IN 2016) ...BILLINGS FEBRUARY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...BILLINGS FEBRUARY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...BILLINGS AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING FEBRUARY 25.0 19.7 +5.3 15TH WARMEST OUT OF 90 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 30.2 IN 1991) (WARMEST SINCE 29.9 IN 2016) ...BILLINGS FEBRUARY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...BILLINGS FEBRUARY 2024 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...BILLINGS MONTHLY WIND AVERAGES... MONTH 2024 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING FEBRUARY 10.9 11.9 -1.0 20TH LEAST WINDIEST OUT OF 75 YEARS (RECORD LEAST WINDIEST WAS 8.6 IN 1958) (LEAST WINDIEST SINCE 9.4 IN 2019) $$