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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
253 PM MST MON JAN 01 2024

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...THE BAKER MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1998 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST          102   07/24
LOWEST           -27   02/24
AVG. MAXIMUM    57.0               56.0     1.0
AVG. MINIMUM    32.1               31.0     1.1
MEAN            44.6               43.5     1.1
DAYS MAX >= 90    18
DAYS MAX <= 32    62
DAYS MIN <= 32   180
DAYS MIN <= 0     15

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       21.32   2019
 MINIMUM        8.82   2021
TOTALS         18.23              14.58    3.65
DAYS >= .01       88                        0.2
DAYS >= .10       37                        2.2
DAYS >= .50       14                        7.3
DAYS >= 1.00       3                        1.1


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   7811               8276    -465
COOLING TOTAL    484                468      16

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     MM
 LATEST       MM
EARLIEST                        10/06
LATEST                          05/19
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.9
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION   1/250
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    46/290    DATE  03/11
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    61/280    DATE  03/11


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             47     MIXED PRECIP               3
HEAVY RAIN               25     RAIN                      47
LIGHT RAIN               84     FREEZING RAIN              1
LT FREEZING RAIN          2     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                6     SNOW                      19
LIGHT SNOW               66     SLEET                      0
FOG                     148     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     27
HAZE                     48

-  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.

...2023 YEAR IN REVIEW FOR LIVINGSTON...

BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION
STATISTICS FOR LIVINGSTON FOR 2023. 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   2023 VALUES  NORMALS    DEPARTURE  RANKING

JANUARY      0.37     0.44       -0.07      TIED FOR THE 30TH DRIEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                            (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.01 TIED IN 2009)
                                            (DRIEST SINCE 0.30 IN 2021)

FEBRUARY     0.38     0.47       -0.09      MEDIAN OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                            (WETTEST 1.76-1986/DRIEST T-1977)

MARCH        0.69     0.79       -0.10      30TH DRIEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                            (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.13 IN 2002)
                                            (DRIEST SINCE 0.46 IN 2022)

APRIL        0.34     1.71       -1.37      3RD DRIEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                            (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.23 IN 1980)
                                            (DRIEST SINCE 0.29 IN 1985)

MAY          2.07     2.66       -0.59      26TH DRIEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                            (RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.30 IN 1958)
                                            (DRIEST SINCE 1.85 IN 2021)

JUNE         4.56     2.42       +2.14      4TH WETTEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                            (RECORD WETTEST WAS 6.77 IN 1992)
                                            (WETTEST SINCE 6.77 IN 1992)

JULY         1.00     1.31       -0.31      36TH DRIEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                            (RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 1991)
                                            (DRIEST SINCE 0.79 IN 2022)

AUGUST       1.56     1.07       +0.49      TIED FOR THE 25TH WETTEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                            (RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.90 IN 1979)
                                            (WETTEST SINCE 2.91 IN 2021)

SEPTEMBER    1.98     1.20       +0.78      19TH WETTEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                            (RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.78 IN 2019)
                                            (WETTEST SINCE 3.78 IN 2019)

OCTOBER      1.64     1.36       +0.28      22ND WETTEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                            (RECORD WETTEST WAS 3.47 IN 1975)
                                            (WETTEST SINCE 2.26 IN 2022)

NOVEMBER     0.06     0.62       -0.56      TIED FOR THE RECORD DRIEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                            (OLD RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.06 IN 1954)

DECEMBER     0.28     0.50       -0.22      TIED FOR THE 25TH DRIEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                            (RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 2009)
                                            (DRIEST SINCE 0.20 IN 2020)

YEAR        14.93    14.55       +0.38      ON THE MEDIAN OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                            (WETTEST 22.87-1975/DRIEST 5.39-1948)

... 2023 TOP 3 DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION...

1 - 0.98   SEPTEMBER 21
2 - 0.96   JUNE 18
3 - 0.88   MAY 26

ALL TIME DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD...2.90 ON JUNE 16 1992

... 2023 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS...

0.31 ON JANUARY 27 (OLD RECORD 0.23 IN 1995)
0.87 ON JUNE  3 (OLD RECORD 0.71 IN 1963)
0.37 ON JUNE 23 (OLD RECORD 0.36 IN 1967)
0.38 ON AUGUST  9 (OLD RECORD 0.33 IN 1958)

NOTE: SINCE THE LATE 1990S...LIVINGSTON BECAME AN AUTOMATED AND UNATTENDED
WEATHER STATION. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE WINTER MAY BE UNDERESTIMATED.

... AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...

 MONTH   2023 VALUES  NORMALS   DEPARTURE  RANKING

JANUARY      27.5      28.1      -0.6      MEDIAN OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (WARMEST 37.5-1986/COLDEST 9.7-1949)

FEBRUARY     28.9      28.9       0.0      TIED FOR THE 33RD COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD COLDEST WAS 11.5 IN 2019)
                                           (COLDEST SINCE 26.9 IN 2022)

MARCH        26.2      36.1      -9.9      6TH COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD COLDEST WAS 22.0 IN 1965)
                                           (COLDEST SINCE 23.4 IN 2019)

APRIL        40.6      42.2      -1.6      21ST COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD COLDEST WAS 33.7 IN 1975)
                                           (COLDEST SINCE 36.1 IN 2022)

MAY          56.7      51.0      +5.7      2ND WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 60.0 IN 1958)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 60.0 IN 1958)

JUNE         59.8      59.3      +0.5      32ND WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 68.4 IN 1988)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 65.8 IN 2021)

JULY         68.1      67.9      +0.2      TIED FOR THE 37TH WARMEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 74.0 IN 2007)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 70.7 IN 2022)

AUGUST       68.7      66.5      +2.2      18TH WARMEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 71.6 IN 2000)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 71.1 IN 2022)

SEPTEMBER    59.8      57.3      +2.5      20TH WARMEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 64.2 IN 1998)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 62.1 IN 2022)

OCTOBER      44.5      45.5      -1.0      16TH COLDEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD COLDEST WAS 37.0 IN 1969)
                                           (COLDEST SINCE 43.0 IN 2020)

NOVEMBER     40.9      35.1      +5.8      TIED FOR THE 10TH WARMEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 49.0 IN 1999)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 42.2 IN 2021)

DECEMBER     36.9      27.6      +9.3      RECORD WARMEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (OLD RECORD WARMEST WAS 35.8 IN 1957)

YEAR         46.7      45.6      +1.1      TIED FOR THE 20TH WARMEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 49.6 IN 1999)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 47.2 IN 2021)

... AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES...

 MONTH   2023 VALUES  NORMALS   DEPARTURE  RANKING

JANUARY      36.7      37.4      -0.7      36TH WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 48.2 IN 1981)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 40.4 IN 2022)

FEBRUARY     38.6      38.9      -0.3      TIED FOR THE 35TH COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD COLDEST WAS 20.5 IN 2019)
                                           (COLDEST SINCE 37.5 IN 2022)

MARCH        36.0      47.8     -11.8      7TH COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD COLDEST WAS 33.6 IN 1965)
                                           (COLDEST SINCE 35.2 IN 2019)

APRIL        53.5      54.4      -0.9      33RD COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD COLDEST WAS 41.9 IN 1975)
                                           (COLDEST SINCE 48.2 IN 2022)

MAY          71.2      64.4      +6.8      TIED FOR THE 2ND WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 74.9 IN 1958)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 71.2 IN 1985)

JUNE         71.8      73.8      -2.0      TIED FOR THE 25TH COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD COLDEST WAS 66.6 IN 1951)
                                           (COLDEST SINCE 71.6 IN 2014)

JULY         86.1      85.7      +0.4      31ST WARMEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 93.2 IN 2007)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 90.2 IN 2022)

AUGUST       83.4      84.8      -1.4      37TH COLDEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD COLDEST WAS 74.7 IN 1993)
                                           (COLDEST SINCE 82.8 IN 2021)

SEPTEMBER    75.2      73.5      +1.7      22ND WARMEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 81.6 IN 1998)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 80.0 IN 2022)

OCTOBER      56.1      58.2      -2.1      TIED FOR THE 16TH COLDEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD COLDEST WAS 45.8 IN 1969)
                                           (COLDEST SINCE 49.2 IN 2019)

NOVEMBER     51.5      44.9      +6.6      TIED FOR THE 8TH WARMEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 60.5 IN 1999)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 52.4 IN 2021)

DECEMBER     47.1      36.4     +10.7      RECORD WARMEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (OLD RECORD WARMEST WAS 44.9 IN 1980)

YEAR         59.1      58.5      +0.6      24TH WARMEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 63.2 IN 1999)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 60.7 IN 2021)

... 2023 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES...

1 - 100   AUGUST 17
2 - 98   AUGUST 15
3 - 98   JULY 22

ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...105 ON AUGUST  5 1961

... 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS...

75 ON APRIL 10 (TIED RECORD IN 1985)
98 ON AUGUST 15 (OLD RECORD 97 IN 2003)
80 ON OCTOBER 19 (TIED RECORD IN 2003)
78 ON OCTOBER 20 (TIED RECORD IN 1974)
59 ON DECEMBER  6 (TIED RECORD IN 1965)
56 ON DECEMBER 20 (TIED RECORD IN 2003)
57 ON DECEMBER 21 (OLD RECORD 54 IN 1969)
56 ON DECEMBER 22 (OLD RECORD 54 IN 2005)

... 2023 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES...

1 - -6   FEBRUARY 23
2 - -3   JANUARY 29
3 - 1   FEBRUARY 22

ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...-26 ON FEBRUARY  3 1989

... 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS...

-6 ON FEBRUARY 23 (OLD RECORD 0 IN 2003)
27 ON APRIL  4 (TIED RECORD IN 1955)
19 ON OCTOBER 26 (OLD RECORD 28 IN 1969)
17 ON OCTOBER 27 (OLD RECORD 23 IN 2019)

... AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES...

 MONTH   2023 VALUES  NORMALS   DEPARTURE  RANKING

JANUARY      18.2      18.8      -0.6      TIED FOR THE 37TH COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD COLDEST WAS -1.4 IN 1949)
                                           (COLDEST SINCE 12.0 IN 2017)

FEBRUARY     19.1      18.9      +0.2      33RD COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD COLDEST WAS 2.5 IN 2019)
                                           (COLDEST SINCE 16.2 IN 2022)

MARCH        16.3      24.3      -8.0      TIED FOR THE 6TH COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD COLDEST WAS 10.3 IN 1965)
                                           (COLDEST SINCE 11.6 IN 2019)

APRIL        27.6      30.0      -2.4      13TH COLDEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD COLDEST WAS 24.0 IN 2022)
                                           (COLDEST SINCE 24.0 IN 2022)

MAY          42.2      37.6      +4.6      TIED FOR THE 4TH WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 45.1 IN 1958)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 42.4 IN 2018)

JUNE         47.8      44.8      +3.0      TIED FOR THE 10TH WARMEST OUT OF 75 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 51.1 IN 1988)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 49.9 IN 2015)

JULY         50.0      50.2      -0.2      TIED FOR THE 25TH COLDEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD COLDEST WAS 46.2 IN 1993)
                                           (COLDEST SINCE 47.8 IN 2020)

AUGUST       53.9      48.1      +5.8      2ND WARMEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 54.3 IN 1983)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 54.3 IN 1983)

SEPTEMBER    44.4      41.2      +3.2      TIED FOR THE 10TH WARMEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 47.3 IN 1963)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 45.3 IN 2019)

OCTOBER      32.8      32.7      +0.1      22ND COLDEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD COLDEST WAS 25.5 IN 2002)
                                           (COLDEST SINCE 29.8 IN 2020)

NOVEMBER     30.2      25.3      +4.9      14TH WARMEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 37.5 IN 1999)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 31.9 IN 2021)

DECEMBER     26.7      18.8      +7.9      3RD WARMEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 28.3 IN 1957)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 28.3 IN 1957)

YEAR         34.2      32.7      +1.5      TIED FOR THE 19TH WARMEST OUT OF 76 YEARS
                                           (RECORD WARMEST WAS 35.9 IN 1999)
                                           (WARMEST SINCE 34.8 IN 2016)

... 2023 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES...

1 - 66   AUGUST 22
2 - 62   AUGUST  3
3 - 61   AUGUST 16

ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...73 ON AUGUST 10 2000

... 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS...

49 ON APRIL 10 (OLD RECORD 44 IN 1968)
53 ON MAY 30 (TIED RECORD IN 1961)
58 ON AUGUST 21 (TIED RECORD IN 1981)
66 ON AUGUST 22 (OLD RECORD 64 IN 2003)
60 ON SEPTEMBER  3 (OLD RECORD 59 IN 1955)
47 ON DECEMBER  5 (OLD RECORD 41 IN 1989)
50 ON DECEMBER  6 (OLD RECORD 48 IN 1981)

... 2023 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES...

1 - -25   JANUARY 29
2 - -20   JANUARY 30
3 - -19   FEBRUARY 24

ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...-41 ON DECEMBER 24 1983

... 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS...

-25 ON JANUARY 29 (TIED RECORD IN 1980)
8 ON APRIL  5 (OLD RECORD 10 IN 1983)
34 ON JUNE 21 (OLD RECORD 35 IN 1953)
33 ON JUNE 22 (OLD RECORD 36 IN 1989)
5 ON OCTOBER 27 (OLD RECORD 10 IN 1971)
-12 ON OCTOBER 28 (OLD RECORD 3 IN 1971)

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