PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
452 AM MDT TUE APR 6 2010

..MARCH WEATHER IN REVIEW...

MARCH WAS GENERALLY WARM AND DRY ACROSS THE REGION. MANY
LOCATIONS SAW TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION RANKED IN THE TOP
20. BELOW IS A LOOK AT MARCH TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION
STATISTICS 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 BILLINGS IN
1934...MILES CITY IN 1937 AND SHERIDAN IN 1934.


..BILLINGS...

                      2010  NORMAL     RANK             RECORD

AVERAGE HIGH          55.4   47.6   5TH WARMEST      57.8 (1986)
AVERAGE LOW           32.7   26.4   4TH WARMEST      34.5 (1986)
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE   44.0   37.0   4TH WARMEST+     46.1 (1986)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION   0.43   1.12   11TH DRIEST      0.11 (2004)
TOTAL SNOWFALL        0.3    10.3   LEAST SNOWIEST  

+ RECORD TIED

MILES CITY SET A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 73 DEGREES ON MARCH 17.


..MILES CITY...

                      2010  NORMAL     RANK             RECORD

AVERAGE HIGH          49.9   46.1   17TH WARMEST      55.8 (1986)
AVERAGE LOW           27.4   23.7   14TH WARMEST+     32.4 (1986)
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE   38.6   34.9   15TH WARMEST      41.4 (1986)

+RECORD TIED

MILES CITY SET A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 71 DEGREES ON MARCH 17.


..SHERIDAN...

                      2010  NORMAL     RANK             RECORD

AVERAGE HIGH          54.5   48.2    4TH WARMEST      56.8 (1986)
AVERAGE LOW           25.4   22.5   13TH WARMEST      30.7 (1986)
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE   39.9   35.3    6TH WARMEST      43.8 (1986)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION   0.61   1.00   15TH DRIEST+      0.14 (1978)

+RECORD TIED

++THIS STATION IS AUTOMATED AND MAY UNDERESTIMATE WINTER
PRECIPITATION.