PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1106 AM MDT THU JUL 1 2010

THE FOLLOWING TABLES ILLUSTRATE JUNE 2010 HIGH...LOW...AVERAGE
MONTHLY TEMPERATURES...AND MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALS AT
BILLINGS...SHERIDAN AND MILES CITY. ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES.

..JUNE 2010 SUMMARY FOR BILLINGS...

TEMPERATURES IN BILLINGS WERE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE
THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF JUNE WITH A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO ABOVE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES DURING THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE.

..BILLINGS...
                    2010         RANK               
AVERAGE HIGH        75.3      33RD COOLEST           
AVERAGE LOW         52.3      28TH WARMEST           
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 63.8      37TH COOLEST
PRECIPITATION       5.10      8TH WETTEST

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER:

JUNE 7: 7TH WINDIEST JUNE DAY IN LAST 26 YEARS. THE AVERAGE WIND
SPEED WAS 21 MPH.

JUNE 16: GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN BLUE CREEK
CANYON/BRIARWOOD REGION. 84 MPH WINDS REPORTED NEAR WORDEN.

JUNE 17: WINDIEST JUNE DAY IN LAST 26 YEARS. THE AVERAGE WIND
SPEED WAS 27 MPH.

JUNE 20: A TORNADO...GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND FLOODING WERE
REPORTED IN BILLINGS. THE 2.24 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL AT THE
AIRPORT SET A DAILY RAINFALL RECORD FOR THAT DATE. JUNE 20 2010
WAS THE 5TH WETTEST JUNE DAY SINCE RECORD KEEPING BEGAN AND THE
9TH WETTEST DAY SINCE RECORD KEEPING BEGAN.



 ...JUNE 2010 SUMMARY FOR MILES CITY...

TEMPERATURES IN MILES CITY WERE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE
THROUGH THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF JUNE...WHILE THE LAST WEEK OF
JUNE WAS CHARACTERIZED BY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.

..MILES CITY...
                    2010         RANK               
AVERAGE HIGH        77.2      30TH COOLEST           
AVERAGE LOW         53.9      TIED 30TH WARMEST           
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 65.6      35TH COOLEST
PRECIPITATION       2.26      32ND DRIEST

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER:

JUNE 17: 4TH WINDIEST JUNE DAY IN LAST 13 YEARS. THE AVERAGE WIND
SPEED WAS 23 MPH.

JUNE 18: WINDIEST JUNE DAY IN LAST 13 YEARS. THE AVERAGE WIND
SPEED WAS 30 MPH.

JUNE 30: A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES...AND CAUSED
POWER OUTAGES IN MILES CITY.



..JUNE 2010 SUMMARY FOR SHERIDAN...

TEMPERATURES IN SHERIDAN WERE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE
THROUGH MOST OF JUNE...WITH THE LAST THREE DAYS OF JUNE BEING THE
WARMEST DAYS OF THE YEAR THUS FAR.

..SHERIDAN...
                    2010         RANK               
AVERAGE HIGH        74.0      TIED 24TH COOLEST           
AVERAGE LOW         47.0      TIED 35TH COOLEST           
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 60.5      28TH COOLEST
PRECIPITATION       2.68      22ND WETTEST

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER:

JUNE 20: BASEBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED EAST OF RANCHESTER. GOLF
BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED WEST OF STORY.
 
JUNE 22: 1.40 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED AT THE SHERIDAN
AIRPORT. FLASH FLOODING AND A FUNNEL CLOUD WERE REPORTED IN
SHERIDAN.