PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 613 AM MST SAT JAN 3 2009 ..2008 YEAR IN REVIEW FOR BILLINGS... BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR BILLINGS FOR 2008. ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND ALL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES. NORMALS ARE 30 YEAR AVERAGES CALCULATED FROM 1971 TO 2000. RECORDS STARTED BEING RECORDED FOR THE BILLINGS AIRPORT IN 1934 AND ARE LISTED IF IN THE TOP 20. ..BILLINGS MONTHLY PRECIPITATION... MONTH NORMALS 2008 VALUES DEPARTURE RECORD JANUARY 0.81 0.35 -0.46 FEBRUARY 0.58 0.07 -0.51 3RD DRIEST MARCH 1.12 0.42 -0.70 10TH DRIEST APRIL 1.74 0.20 -1.54 3RD DRIEST MAY 2.48 4.83 +2.35 4TH WETTEST JUNE 1.89 0.31 -1.58 2ND DRIEST JULY 1.28 0.77 -0.51 AUGUST 0.85 1.18 +0.33 15TH WETTEST+ SEPTEMBER 1.34 2.44 +1.10 7TH WETTEST OCTOBER 1.26 1.82 +0.56 17TH WETTEST NOVEMBER 0.75 0.27 -0.48 13TH DRIEST DECEMBER 0.67 1.23 +0.56 9TH WETTEST YEAR 14.77 13.89 -0.88 +RECORD TIED ..BILLINGS 2008 TOP 3 DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION... 1.33 MAY 23 0.89 MAY 21 AND 22 0.87 AUGUST 31 ALL TIME RECORD...2.91 ON JUNE 8 1997 ..BILLINGS MONTHLY SNOWFALL... MONTH NORMALS 2008 VALUES DEPARTURE RECORD JANUARY 10.9 9.7 -1.2 FEBRUARY 6.5 2.4 -4.1 15TH LEAST SNOWIEST+ MARCH 10.3 6.3 -4.0 APRIL 7.6 1.8 -5.8 16TH LEAST SNOWIEST MAY 1.8 1.8 0.0 19TH SNOWIEST+ JUNE TRACE TRACE 0.0 JULY 0.0 TRACE 0.0 AUGUST TRACE 0.0 0.0 SEPTEMBER 1.3 TRACE -1.3 OCTOBER 4.2 12.9 +8.7 5TH SNOWIEST NOVEMBER 7.5 0.1 -7.4 9TH LEAST SNOWIEST+ DECEMBER 8.9 21.0 +11.1 4TH SNOWIEST YEAR 59.0 56.0 -3.0 +RECORD TIED ..BILLINGS 2008 TOP 3 DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL... 4.8 DECEMBER 13 4.7 DECEMBER 26 4.6 DECEMBER 2 ALL TIME RECORD...23.7 ON APRIL 4 1955 ..BILLINGS AVERAGE TEMPERATURES... MONTH NORMALS 2008 VALUES DEPARTURE RECORD JANUARY 24.0 24.9 +0.9 FEBRUARY 29.8 32.3 +2.5 MARCH 37.0 37.7 +0.7 APRIL 46.1 43.8 -2.3 MAY 55.7 54.8 -0.9 JUNE 65.2 63.6 -1.6 JULY 72.0 73.9 +1.9 AUGUST 70.9 72.6 +1.7 SEPTEMBER 59.5 58.5 -1.0 20TH COLDEST+ OCTOBER 48.1 48.3 +0.2 NOVEMBER 34.1 42.2 +8.1 6TH WARMEST DECEMBER 26.1 19.2 -6.9 5TH COLDEST+ YEAR 47.1 47.7 +0.6 +RECORD TIED ..BILLINGS AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES... MONTH NORMALS 2008 VALUES DEPARTURE RECORD JANUARY 32.8 35.3 +2.5 FEBRUARY 39.5 43.1 +3.6 19TH WARMEST+ MARCH 47.6 48.9 +1.3 APRIL 57.5 56.4 -1.1 MAY 67.4 65.4 -2.0 JUNE 78.0 76.4 -1.6 JULY 85.8 88.5 +2.7 AUGUST 84.5 88.0 +3.5 19TH WARMEST SEPTEMBER 71.8 70.8 -1.0 20TH COLDEST+ OCTOBER 58.9 58.4 -0.5 NOVEMBER 42.7 52.1 +9.4 7TH WARMEST DECEMBER 34.5 27.2 -7.3 5TH COLDEST YEAR 58.4 59.3 +0.9 +RECORD TIED ..BILLINGS AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES... MONTH NORMALS 2008 VALUES DEPARTURE RECORD JANUARY 15.1 14.6 -0.5 FEBRUARY 20.1 21.4 +1.3 MARCH 26.4 26.5 +0.1 APRIL 34.7 31.2 -3.5 14TH COLDEST MAY 44.0 44.2 +0.2 JUNE 52.5 50.8 -1.7 JULY 58.3 59.2 +0.9 AUGUST 57.3 57.2 -0.1 SEPTEMBER 47.1 46.2 -0.9 OCTOBER 37.2 38.3 +1.1 NOVEMBER 25.6 32.4 +6.8 5TH WARMEST DECEMBER 17.7 10.7 -7.0 8TH COLDEST YEAR 36.3 36.1 -0.2 ..BILLINGS 2008 TOP 3 WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURES... 103 AUGUST 25 102 JULY 4 AND AUGUST 1 101 AUGUST 19 ALL TIME RECORD...108 ON JULY 14 2002 ..BILLINGS 2008 TOP 3 COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURES... -9 DECEMBER 15 -8 DECEMBER 14 -4 DECEMBER 20 ALL TIME RECORD...-21 ON JANUARY 26 1972 ..BILLINGS 2008 TOP 3 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURES... 67 JULY 28 66 JULY 4 65 JULY 22 AND AUGUST 10 AND 20 ALL TIME RECORD...76 ON JUNE 28 1936 ..BILLINGS 2008 TOP 3 COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURES... -19 DECEMBER 15 -18 DECEMBER 14 -17 JANUARY 29 ALL TIME RECORD...-38 ON FEBRUARY 15 1936