PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 125 PM MDT THU OCT 1 2009 ..BILLINGS SEPTEMBER 2009 IN REVIEW... HERE IS A LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER 2009...FOR BILLINGS. ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND ALL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES. NORMALS ARE 30 YEAR AVERAGES CALCULATED FROM 1971 TO 2000. RECORDS BEGAN FOR THE BILLINGS AIRPORT IN 1934. ..SEPTEMBER 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30... NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 71.8 2009 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 82.1 2ND WARMEST ON RECORD NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE 47.1 2009 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE 51.4 7TH WARMEST ON RECORD NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 59.5 2009 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 66.7 2ND WARMEST ON RECORD NORMAL AVERAGE PRECIPITATION 1.34 2009 PRECIPITATION 0.65 NORMAL SNOWFALL 1.3 2009 SNOWFALL 0.0 SEPTEMBER 2009 FEATURED 9 DAYS DURING WHICH HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE 90 OR WARMER. THIS TIES THE RECORD THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED IN 1998. BILLINGS SET A RECORD IN 2009 OF 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES GREATER THAN 90 FROM SEPTEMBER 2 TO SEPTEMBER 6. BILLINGS SET RECORD HIGHS OF 91 ON SEPTEMBER 17...93 ON SEPTEMBER 19 AND 91 ON SEPTEMBER 26. BILLINGS TIED THE ALL TIME SEPTEMBER WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD ON SEPTEMBER 6 WITH A LOW OF 70. THIS RECORD WAS ESTABLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 4 1945 AND EQUALED ON SEPTEMBER 1 1991. THE LOW OF 62 IN BILLINGS ON SEPTEMBER 18 ESTABLISHED A NEW WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THAT DATE...AS DID THE LOW OF 58 ON SEPTEMBER 19. BILLINGS REPORTED 0.36 INCHES OF RAIN ON SEPTEMBER 30. THIS ESTABLISHED A NEW PRECIPITATION RECORD FOR THAT DATE.