PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
727 AM MDT SUN AUG 1 2010

THE FOLLOWING TABLES ILLUSTRATE JULY HIGH...LOW...AND AVERAGE
MONTHLY TEMPERATURES...AND MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR
BILLINGS...MILES CITY...AND SHERIDAN. 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...MILES CITY AIRPORT IN 1937 AND SHERIDAN AIRPORT IN 1934.
RECORDS ARE ONLY LISTED IF IN THE TOP 20.


..JULY 2010 SUMMARY FOR BILLINGS...

TEMPERATURES IN BILLINGS WERE BELOW AVERAGE THROUGH THE MONTH OF
JULY...REACHING A MAXIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 98 DEGREES ON JULY
16TH. THIS WAS THE LOWEST MAXIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF
JULY SINCE JULY OF 1997...WHEN THE MAXIMUM REACHED 95 DEGREES.

                        NORMAL       2010          RANK 

AVERAGE HIGH             85.8        84.9      19TH COOLEST 
AVERAGE LOW              58.3        58.1       
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE      72.0        71.5       
PRECIPITATION            1.28        1.70      10TH WETTEST

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER:

JULY 2010 WAS THE FIRST JULY SINCE 2001 WHERE BILLINGS DID NOT
REACH 100 DEGREES.


..JULY 2010 SUMMARY FOR MILES CITY...

TEMPERATURES IN MILES CITY WERE BELOW AVERAGE THROUGH THE MONTH OF
JULY...REACHING A MAXIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 98 DEGREES ON JULY
26TH. THIS WAS THE LOWEST MAXIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
OF JULY SINCE JULY OF 1993...WHEN THE MAXIMUM REACHED 93 DEGREES.

                        NORMAL      2010         RANK

AVERAGE HIGH             87.9       85.1     11TH COOLEST
AVERAGE LOW              60.2       59.1     
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE      74.1       72.1     14TH COOLEST
PRECIPITATION            1.61       3.69      6TH WETTEST

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER:

JULY 2010 IS THE FIRST JULY SINCE 1993 WHERE MILES CITY DID NOT
REACH 100 DEGREES.  


..JULY 2010 SUMMARY FOR SHERIDAN...

TEMPERATURES IN SHERIDAN WYOMING WERE BELOW AVERAGE THROUGH THE
MONTH OF JULY...REACHING A MAXIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 98 DEGREES
ON JULY 26TH.  

                        NORMAL     2010         

AVERAGE HIGH             84.9      84.7       
AVERAGE LOW              52.4      52.7       
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE      68.8      68.7      
PRECIPITATION            1.11      1.54       

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER:

A TOTAL OF 1.05 INCHES OF RAINFALL FELL IN SHERIDAN ON JULY 4TH.
THIS WAS THE HIGHEST ONE DAY SUMMERTIME TOTAL SINCE 1.07 INCHES OF
RAINFALL FELL ON JULY 18TH 2002.