PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
759 AM MDT THU SEP 2 2010

..SECOND WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD AT BILLINGS...

WITH A TOTAL RAINFALL OF 2.78 INCHES...AUGUST 2010 WAS THE SECOND
WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD AT BILLINGS...BEHIND ONLY 1965 WHEN 3.50
INCHES FELL. THIS WAS A RESULT OF A PERSISTENTLY ACTIVE WEATHER
PATTERN ACROSS THE REGION...AND A LACK OF ANY SIGNIFICANT HOT AND
DRY PERIODS.

A COUPLE OF WET DAYS TOWARD THE END OF THE MONTH HELPED TO BOOST
THE AUGUST PRECIPITATION TOTAL. THE 0.93 INCHES ON THE 30TH WAS
THE 5TH WETTEST AUGUST DAY ON RECORD...AND THE 0.74 INCHES ON THE
29TH WAS THE 10TH WETTEST. THE TOTAL OF 1.67 INCHES AT BILLINGS ON
THE 29TH AND 30TH WAS THE 4TH WETTEST TWO DAY TOTAL ON RECORD IN
AUGUST.

TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIOD FROM JUNE 1ST
THROUGH AUGUST 31ST WAS 9.58 INCHES...MAKING IT THE 2ND WETTEST
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER ON RECORD. THE WETTEST WAS 9.90 INCHES IN
1944.

FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR...14.65 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL THROUGH
AUGUST 31ST. TO DATE...THIS IS THE 7TH WETTEST YEAR AND THE
WETTEST SINCE 1991. THE RECORD PRECIPITATION FROM JANUARY THROUGH
AUGUST IS 18.68 INCHES IN 1978.

ALL OBSERVATIONS WERE TAKEN AT THE BILLINGS AIRPORT...AND RECORDS
GO BACK TO 1934.