Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
000 CXUS55 KBYZ 021718 CLAMLS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 1016 AM MST MON JAN 02 2023 ................................... ...THE MILES CITY MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1937 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 111 06/26/2012 LOW -38 12/24/1983 HIGHEST 106 07/17 LOWEST -29 12/23 01/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 57.5 58.7 -1.2 AVG. MINIMUM 33.1 33.6 -0.5 MEAN 45.3 46.1 -0.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 49 8.4 DAYS MAX <= 32 65 14.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 176 9.7 DAYS MIN <= 0 35 11.2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 20.28 1978 MINIMUM 5.27 1988 TOTALS 9.75 12.88 -3.13 DAYS >= .01 83 -3.7 DAYS >= .10 28 -4.2 DAYS >= .50 4 -2.1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 -1.5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 7984 7566 418 COOLING TOTAL 938 731 207 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/02/1974 LATEST 06/08/1950 EARLIEST 10/16 LATEST 05/22 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/300 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 51/250 DATE 04/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 68/250 DATE 08/14 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 27 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 16 RAIN 28 LIGHT RAIN 113 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 7 SNOW 14 LIGHT SNOW 64 SLEET 0 FOG 103 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 17 HAZE 50 - 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 MILES CITY... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR MILES CITY 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 RANKINGS FOR PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES USE A PERIOD OF RECORD THAT STARTED IN FEBRUARY 1937 AT THE MILES CITY AIRPORT. ANNUAL RANKINGS FOR PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES USE A PERIOD OF RECORD THAT STARTED IN 1938. NUMBERS DENOTED WITH AN * IS MISSING DATA IN THE CALCULATION. ...MILES CITY MONTHLY PRECIPITATION... MONTH 2022 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 0.10 0.28 -0.18 TIED FOR THE 14TH DRIEST OUT OF 85 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.01 IN 2008) (DRIEST SINCE 0.07 IN 2019) FEBRUARY 0.04 0.26 -0.22 TIED FOR THE 6TH DRIEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 2005) (DRIEST SINCE 0.01 IN 2013) MARCH 0.25 0.55 -0.30 TIED FOR THE 17TH DRIEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 2008) (DRIEST SINCE 0.25 IN 2020) APRIL 1.71 1.54 +0.17 24TH WETTEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 4.36 IN 2016) (WETTEST SINCE 2.13 IN 2019) MAY 1.45 2.73 -1.28 33RD DRIEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.24 IN 1958) (DRIEST SINCE 0.43 IN 2017) JUNE 2.77 2.51 +0.26 37TH WETTEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 9.78 IN 1944) (WETTEST SINCE 4.46 IN 2018) JULY 0.61 1.51 -0.90 TIED FOR THE 19TH DRIEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T TIED IN 2017) (DRIEST SINCE T IN 2017) AUGUST 0.94 0.91 +0.03 42ND WETTEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 4.00 IN 1951) (WETTEST SINCE 1.45 IN 2021) SEPTEMBER 0.20 1.07 -0.87 9TH DRIEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 1960) (DRIEST SINCE 0.18 IN 2015) OCTOBER 1.31 0.97 +0.34 19TH WETTEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 6.31 IN 1971) (WETTEST SINCE 2.41 IN 2021) NOVEMBER 0.20 0.33 -0.13 TIED FOR THE 26TH DRIEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS T TIED IN 2016) (DRIEST SINCE 0.02 IN 2021) DECEMBER 0.17* 0.22 -0.05 25TH DRIEST OUT OF 85 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.02 TIED IN 2020) (DRIEST SINCE 0.02 IN 2020) YEAR 9.75* 12.88 -3.13 16TH DRIEST OUT OF 85 YEARS (RECORD DRIEST WAS 5.27 IN 1988) (DRIEST SINCE 9.60 IN 2021) ...MILES CITY 2022 TOP 3 DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION... 1 - 0.67 OCTOBER 23 2 - 0.57 MAY 12 3 - 0.52 APRIL 29 ALL TIME DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD...2.91 ON APRIL 24 2016 ...MILES CITY 2022 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... 0.67 ON OCTOBER 23 (OLD RECORD 0.20 IN 1991) 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 2022 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 22.2 19.5 +2.7 TIED FOR THE 32ND WARMEST OUT OF 85 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 34.3 IN 2006) (WARMEST SINCE 28.0 IN 2021) FEBRUARY 23.6 23.6 0.0 42ND WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 37.5 IN 2016) (WARMEST SINCE 27.6 IN 2020) MARCH 35.6 34.7 +0.9 36TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 47.1 IN 2012) (WARMEST SINCE 39.1 IN 2021) APRIL 38.8 45.5 -6.7 TIED FOR THE RECORD COLDEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (OLD RECORD COLDEST WAS 38.8 IN 1975) MAY 54.1 55.5 -1.4 TIED FOR THE 23RD COLDEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 50.4 IN 2019) (COLDEST SINCE 53.4 IN 2021) JUNE 64.4 65.6 -1.2 TIED FOR THE 29TH COLDEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 58.5 IN 1945) (COLDEST SINCE 64.1 IN 2019) JULY 76.2 74.2 +2.0 28TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 81.5 IN 2007) (WARMEST SINCE 80.5 IN 2021) AUGUST 76.7 72.5 +4.2 TIED FOR THE 8TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 80.4 IN 1983) (WARMEST SINCE 78.9 IN 2003) SEPTEMBER 66.7 61.2 +5.5 7TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 69.4 IN 1998) (WARMEST SINCE 67.6 IN 2009) OCTOBER 50.0 46.4 +3.6 TIED FOR THE 26TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 55.7 IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 52.5 IN 2015) NOVEMBER 23.4 32.7 -9.3 6TH COLDEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 14.4 IN 1985) (COLDEST SINCE 18.3 IN 2000) DECEMBER 11.6 22.4 -10.8 7TH COLDEST OUT OF 85 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 0.9 IN 1983) (COLDEST SINCE 10.6 IN 2009) YEAR 45.5 46.3 -0.8 32ND COLDEST OUT OF 85 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 41.2 IN 1950) (COLDEST SINCE 43.3 IN 2019) ...MILES CITY AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2022 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 33.0 30.1 +2.9 27TH WARMEST OUT OF 85 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 45.8 IN 1992) (WARMEST SINCE 38.4 IN 2021) FEBRUARY 34.9 34.7 +0.2 TIED FOR THE 40TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 51.4 IN 1992) (WARMEST SINCE 38.9 IN 2020) MARCH 48.5 46.8 +1.7 27TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 62.3 IN 2012) (WARMEST SINCE 52.9 IN 2021) APRIL 49.7 58.1 -8.4 3RD COLDEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 48.2 IN 1975) (COLDEST SINCE 48.2 IN 1975) MAY 65.2 68.1 -2.9 15TH COLDEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 60.2 IN 2011) (COLDEST SINCE 61.9 IN 2019) JUNE 76.7 78.6 -1.9 29TH COLDEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 69.1 IN 1945) (COLDEST SINCE 74.6 IN 2014) JULY 91.8 88.7 +3.1 TIED FOR THE 22ND WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 96.7 TIED IN 2017) (WARMEST SINCE 95.9 IN 2021) AUGUST 91.6 87.4 +4.2 TIED FOR THE 12TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 94.9 IN 1983) (WARMEST SINCE 94.2 IN 2003) SEPTEMBER 82.0 75.6 +6.4 5TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 84.3 IN 1998) (WARMEST SINCE 83.5 IN 2009) OCTOBER 62.4 59.0 +3.4 30TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 69.4 TIED IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 65.2 IN 2015) NOVEMBER 33.4 44.3 -10.9 6TH COLDEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 23.1 IN 1985) (COLDEST SINCE 27.5 IN 2000) DECEMBER 20.2 33.1 -12.9 6TH COLDEST OUT OF 85 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 9.2 IN 1983) (COLDEST SINCE 19.9 IN 2009) YEAR 57.7 58.9 -1.2 TIED FOR THE 30TH COLDEST OUT OF 85 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 52.7 IN 1978) (COLDEST SINCE 54.8 IN 2019) ...MILES CITY 2022 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES... 1 - 106 JULY 17 2 - 105 SEPTEMBER 7 3 - 105 AUGUST 4 ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...111 ON JUNE 26 2012 ...MILES CITY 2022 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 59 ON FEBRUARY 7 (TIED RECORD IN 1954) 106 ON JULY 17 (OLD RECORD 104 IN 1955) 105 ON AUGUST 4 (TIED RECORD IN 1947) 105 ON SEPTEMBER 7 (OLD RECORD 101 IN 1947) ...MILES CITY 2022 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES... 1 - -11 DECEMBER 22 2 - -10 DECEMBER 21 3 - -9 JANUARY 5 ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...-25 ON DECEMBER 24 1983 ...MILES CITY 2022 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... -9 ON JANUARY 5 (OLD RECORD -6 IN 1982) -3 ON FEBRUARY 22 (OLD RECORD 0 IN 1957) 1 ON FEBRUARY 23 (OLD RECORD 2 IN 1962) 20 ON APRIL 13 (OLD RECORD 25 IN 2020) 28 ON APRIL 15 (OLD RECORD 31 IN 2013) 36 ON APRIL 23 (OLD RECORD 40 IN 1958) 47 ON MAY 20 (TIED RECORD IN 1953) 70 ON AUGUST 6 (TIED RECORD IN 1996) ...MILES CITY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2022 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING JANUARY 11.4 8.9 +2.5 32ND WARMEST OUT OF 85 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 24.3 IN 2006) (WARMEST SINCE 17.6 IN 2021) FEBRUARY 12.2 12.5 -0.3 42ND WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 26.9 IN 1998) (WARMEST SINCE 16.2 IN 2020) MARCH 22.6 22.5 +0.1 43RD WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 32.4 IN 1986) (WARMEST SINCE 25.2 IN 2021) APRIL 27.8 32.9 -5.1 TIED FOR THE 3RD COLDEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 27.0 IN 1951) (COLDEST SINCE 27.4 IN 2020) MAY 43.0 42.9 +0.1 TIED FOR THE 30TH COLDEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 38.7 IN 1950) (COLDEST SINCE 40.0 IN 2021) JUNE 52.0 52.5 -0.5 TIED FOR THE 28TH COLDEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 47.3 IN 1951) (COLDEST SINCE 50.6 IN 2019) JULY 60.6 59.6 +1.0 TIED FOR THE 42ND WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 66.3 IN 2007) (WARMEST SINCE 65.0 IN 2021) AUGUST 61.8 57.6 +4.2 9TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 65.8 IN 1983) (WARMEST SINCE 63.5 IN 2003) SEPTEMBER 51.3 46.9 +4.4 TIED FOR THE 9TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 54.5 IN 1998) (WARMEST SINCE 52.8 IN 2013) OCTOBER 37.5 33.8 +3.7 TIED FOR THE 19TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 42.0 IN 1963) (WARMEST SINCE 38.1 IN 2016) NOVEMBER 13.4 21.2 -7.8 5TH COLDEST OUT OF 86 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 5.6 IN 1985) (COLDEST SINCE 9.1 IN 2000) DECEMBER 2.9 11.7 -8.8 10TH COLDEST OUT OF 85 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS -7.5 IN 1983) (COLDEST SINCE 1.9 IN 2013) YEAR 33.3 33.7 -0.4 TIED FOR THE 32ND COLDEST OUT OF 85 YEARS (RECORD COLDEST WAS 29.3 TIED IN 1951) (COLDEST SINCE 31.8 IN 2019) ...MILES CITY 2022 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES... 1 - 73 AUGUST 13 2 - 69 AUGUST 17 3 - 69 AUGUST 16 ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...79 ON JULY 24 2007 ...MILES CITY 2022 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... 35 ON JANUARY 13 (OLD RECORD 31 IN 1980) 35 ON JANUARY 23 (TIED RECORD IN 1947) 34 ON FEBRUARY 10 (TIED RECORD IN 1961) 36 ON MARCH 1 (OLD RECORD 34 IN 1974) 69 ON JUNE 18 (TIED RECORD IN 1986) ...MILES CITY 2022 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES... 1 - -29 DECEMBER 23 2 - -29 JANUARY 1 3 - -24 FEBRUARY 23 ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...-38 ON DECEMBER 24 1983 ...MILES CITY 2022 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... -24 ON FEBRUARY 23 (OLD RECORD -19 IN 2018) 11 ON APRIL 16 (OLD RECORD 14 IN 1951) 28 ON MAY 22 (OLD RECORD 33 IN 2002) -17 ON NOVEMBER 11 (OLD RECORD -14 IN 2000) -7 ON NOVEMBER 18 (OLD RECORD -5 IN 1955) $$