PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
217 PM MST WED DEC 1 2010

..NOVEMBER WEATHER TIDBITS FOR BILLINGS MT...

NOVEMBER WEATHER IN BILLINGS COULD BE DESCRIBED AS A TALE OF TWO
SEASONS...WITH A VERY WARM FIRST HALF FOLLOWED BY A SIGNIFICANT
COLD AND SNOWY PERIOD DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THE FOLLOWING ARE
STATISTICS TAKEN FROM THE BILLINGS AIRPORT...WHERE DATA GOES BACK
TO 1934.

THE MONTHLY SNOWFALL OF 23.3 INCHES RANKS AS THE 2ND SNOWIEST
NOVEMBER ON RECORD...BEHIND ONLY THE 25.2 INCHES IN 1978. DAILY
SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET ON THE 20TH AND 28TH...WITH 6.4 AND 8.4
INCHES RESPECTIVELY.

THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION OF 1.89 INCHES RANKS AS THE 3RD WETTEST
NOVEMBER ON RECORD. THE RECORD HIGHEST WAS 2.34 INCHES IN 1978...
AND 2ND WAS 1.92 INCHES IN 1959.

THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 30.3 DEGREES WAS 3.8 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL...AND RANKS AS THE 8TH COLDEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD.
1985 WAS COLDEST WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 15.2 DEGREES.

COLD WEATHER BEGAN THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 18TH. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FROM THE 1ST THROUGH THE 18TH WAS 42.6 DEGREES...OR
19TH WARMEST FOR THIS SPECIFIC 18 DAY PERIOD. THE AVERAGE FROM THE
19TH THROUGH THE 30TH WAS 11.8 DEGREES...OR 2ND COLDEST.

ALL OF THE SNOWFALL DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER FELL FROM THE
18TH THROUGH THE 28TH. THE 23.3 INCH TOTAL DURING THIS PERIOD WAS
THE 4TH MOST FOR ANY 11-DAY STRETCH AT BILLINGS ANY TIME OF YEAR.
THE MOST WAS IN APRIL OF 1955...SECOND WAS APRIL OF 1991 AND THIRD
WAS DECEMBER OF 1955.

THE MERE TRACE OF SNOWFALL FROM THE 1ST THROUGH THE 17TH OF NOVEMBER 
WAS NOT UNUSUAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED 22 OTHER TIMES SINCE 1934.

THE SNOW DEPTH OF 12 INCHES ON THE 29TH WAS THE GREATEST IN
NOVEMBER SINCE 1994.