Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
000 CXUS55 KBYZ 011146 CLMBIL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 545 AM MDT THU JUN 01 2023 ................................... ...THE BILLINGS MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1934 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 85 05/22 LOWEST 38 05/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 73.1 66.9 6.2 AVG. MINIMUM 48.0 43.8 4.2 MEAN 60.6 55.3 5.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 2.87 2.36 0.51 DAYS >= .01 14 DAYS >= .10 6 DAYS >= .50 2 DAYS >= 1.00 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.09 05/24 TO 05/25 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS T 0.9 -0.9 SINCE 7/1 56.1 57.4 -1.3 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 2 DAYS >= 1.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 157 314 -157 SINCE 7/1 6956 6665 291 COOLING TOTAL 28 14 14 SINCE 1/1 28 15 13 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/260 DATE 05/24 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 40/240 DATE 05/24 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 12 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 19 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 2 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...MAY 2023 MONTH IN REVIEW FOR BILLINGS... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE...PRECIPITATION...AND WIND STATISTICS FOR BILLINGS FOR MAY 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 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 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MAY 2.87 2.36 +0.51 21ST WETTEST OUT OF 89 YEARS (RECORD WETTEST WAS 9.54 IN 2011) (WETTEST SINCE 5.22 IN 2018) ...BILLINGS MAY 2023 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS... 0.74 ON MAY 5 (OLD RECORD 0.51 IN 1978) ...BILLINGS MONTHLY SNOWFALL... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MAY T* 0.9 0.9 TIED FOR THE 21ST LEAST SNOWIEST OUT OF 89 YEARS (RECORD LEAST SNOWIEST WAS 0.0 TIED IN 2018) (LEAST SNOWIEST SINCE T IN 2022) ...BILLINGS MAY 2023 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS... T ON MAY 27 (TIED RECORD IN 1955) ...BILLINGS AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MAY 60.6 55.3 +5.3 4TH WARMEST OUT OF 89 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 64.7 IN 1936) (WARMEST SINCE 61.0 IN 1980) ...BILLINGS AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MAY 73.1 66.9 +6.2 8TH WARMEST OUT OF 89 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 80.9 IN 1936) (WARMEST SINCE 73.7 IN 1985) ...BILLINGS MAY 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...BILLINGS MAY 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...BILLINGS AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MAY 48.0 43.8 +4.2 5TH WARMEST OUT OF 89 YEARS (RECORD WARMEST WAS 49.7 IN 1958) (WARMEST SINCE 48.6 IN 2018) ...BILLINGS MAY 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...BILLINGS MAY 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS... NONE ...BILLINGS MONTHLY WIND AVERAGES... MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING MAY 8.1 9.9 -1.8 RECORD LEAST WINDIEST OUT OF 74 YEARS (OLD RECORD LEAST WINDIEST WAS 8.6 IN 1991) $$