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.