Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
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CXUS55 KBYZ 012158
CLAMLS
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
253 PM MST MON JAN 01 2024
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...THE MILES CITY MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1937 TO 2023
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 111 06/26/2012
LOW -38 12/24/1983
HIGHEST 104 07/24
LOWEST -25 02/24
AVG. MAXIMUM 59.3 58.7 0.6
AVG. MINIMUM 36.0 33.6 2.4
MEAN 47.7 46.1 1.6
DAYS MAX >= 90 33 -7.6
DAYS MAX <= 32 47 -4.0
DAYS MIN <= 32 170 3.7
DAYS MIN <= 0 10 -13.8
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 20.28 1978
MINIMUM 5.27 1988
TOTALS 14.61 12.88 1.73
DAYS >= .01 78 -8.7
DAYS >= .10 30 -2.2
DAYS >= .50 10 3.9
DAYS >= 1.00 4 2.5
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 7018 7566 -548
COOLING TOTAL 830 731 99
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 09/02/1974
LATEST 06/08/1950
EARLIEST 10/06
LATEST 04/24
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/340
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 48/260 DATE 08/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 63/280 DATE 08/30
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 48 MIXED PRECIP 2
HEAVY RAIN 18 RAIN 43
LIGHT RAIN 98 FREEZING RAIN 1
LT FREEZING RAIN 3 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 14
LIGHT SNOW 49 SLEET 0
FOG 117 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 19
HAZE 48
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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THIS IS AN AUTOMATED...UNATTENDED WEATHER STATION AND MAY
UNDERESTIMATE WINTER PRECIPITATION.
...2023 YEAR IN REVIEW FOR MILES CITY...
BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION
STATISTICS FOR MILES CITY FOR 2023}. ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT AND ALL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES. NORMALS
ARE 30 YEAR AVERAGES CALCULATED FROM 1991 TO 2020. MONTHLY RANKINGS
FOR PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES USE A PERIOD OF RECORD
THAT STARTED IN FEBRUARY 1937 AT THE MILES CITY AIRPORT. ANNUAL RANKINGS
FOR PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES USE A PERIOD OF RECORD
THAT STARTED IN 1938.
NUMBERS DENOTED WITH AN * IS MISSING DATA IN THE CALCULATION.
...MILES CITY MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...
MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING
JANUARY 0.10 0.28 -0.18 TIED FOR THE 14TH DRIEST OUT OF 86 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.01 IN 2008)
(DRIEST SINCE 0.10 IN 2022)
FEBRUARY 0.24 0.26 -0.02 TIED FOR THE 34TH DRIEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 2005)
(DRIEST SINCE 0.04 IN 2022)
MARCH 0.08 0.55 -0.47 TIED FOR THE 6TH DRIEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS T IN 2008)
(DRIEST SINCE 0.01 IN 2012)
APRIL 0.95 1.54 -0.59 37TH DRIEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.02 IN 1983)
(DRIEST SINCE 0.36 IN 2021)
MAY 2.14 2.73 -0.59 37TH WETTEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 9.35 IN 2011)
(WETTEST SINCE 2.58 IN 2021)
JUNE 4.07 2.51 +1.56 17TH WETTEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 9.78 IN 1944)
(WETTEST SINCE 4.46 IN 2018)
JULY 0.40 1.51 -1.11 15TH DRIEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS T TIED IN 2017)
(DRIEST SINCE T IN 2017)
AUGUST 3.06 0.91 +2.15 4TH WETTEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 4.00 IN 1951)
(WETTEST SINCE 3.34 IN 1972)
SEPTEMBER 2.40 1.07 +1.33 10TH WETTEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 4.67 IN 1941)
(WETTEST SINCE 2.85 IN 2019)
OCTOBER 0.87 0.97 -0.10 38TH WETTEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 6.31 IN 1971)
(WETTEST SINCE 1.31 IN 2022)
NOVEMBER 0.20 0.33 -0.13 TIED FOR THE 26TH DRIEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS T TIED IN 2016)
(DRIEST SINCE 0.20 IN 2022)
DECEMBER 0.10 0.22 -0.12 21ST DRIEST OUT OF 86 YEARS
(RECORD DRIEST WAS 0.02 TIED IN 2020)
(DRIEST SINCE 0.02 IN 2020)
YEAR 14.61 12.88 +1.73 34TH WETTEST OUT OF 86 YEARS
(RECORD WETTEST WAS 20.28 IN 1978)
(WETTEST SINCE 18.41 IN 2018)
...MILES CITY 2023 TOP 3 DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION...
1 - 1.60 SEPTEMBER 22
2 - 1.33 AUGUST 22
3 - 1.04 AUGUST 20
ALL TIME DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD...2.91 ON APRIL 24 2016
...MILES CITY 2023 BROKEN OR TIED DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS...
0.61 ON JUNE 23 (OLD RECORD 0.48 IN 1942)
1.04 ON AUGUST 20 (OLD RECORD 0.67 IN 1974)
1.60 ON SEPTEMBER 22 (OLD RECORD 0.93 IN 2006)
NOTE: SINCE THE LATE 1990S...MILES CITY BECAME AN AUTOMATED AND UNATTENDED
WEATHER STATION. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE WINTER MAY BE UNDERESTIMATED.
...MILES CITY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...
MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING
JANUARY 23.2 19.5 +3.7 26TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 34.3 IN 2006)
(WARMEST SINCE 28.0 IN 2021)
FEBRUARY 24.9 23.6 +1.3 37TH WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 37.5 IN 2016)
(WARMEST SINCE 27.6 IN 2020)
MARCH 25.2 34.7 -9.5 11TH COLDEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 17.3 IN 1965)
(COLDEST SINCE 24.6 IN 2019)
APRIL 43.6 45.5 -1.9 TIED FOR THE 25TH COLDEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 38.8 TIED IN 2022)
(COLDEST SINCE 38.8 IN 2022)
MAY 61.3 55.5 +5.8 TIED FOR THE 8TH WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 64.8 IN 1958)
(WARMEST SINCE 61.7 IN 1994)
JUNE 68.2 65.6 +2.6 22ND WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 78.9 IN 1988)
(WARMEST SINCE 72.7 IN 2021)
JULY 74.5 74.2 +0.3 MEDIAN OUT OF 87 YEARS
(WARMEST 81.5-2007/COLDEST 64.2-1993)
AUGUST 73.5 72.5 +1.0 39TH WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 80.4 IN 1983)
(WARMEST SINCE 76.7 IN 2022)
SEPTEMBER 65.6 61.2 +4.4 TIED FOR THE 13TH WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 69.4 IN 1998)
(WARMEST SINCE 66.7 IN 2022)
OCTOBER 43.5 46.4 -2.9 10TH COLDEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 39.1 IN 2019)
(COLDEST SINCE 41.8 IN 2020)
NOVEMBER 37.4 32.7 +4.7 TIED FOR THE 15TH WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 42.9 IN 1949)
(WARMEST SINCE 39.1 IN 2021)
DECEMBER 31.5 22.4 +9.1 3RD WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 33.3 IN 1957)
(WARMEST SINCE 33.1 IN 1999)
YEAR 47.8 46.3 +1.5 TIED FOR THE 18TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 50.1 IN 2012)
(WARMEST SINCE 47.9 IN 2021)
...MILES CITY AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES...
MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING
JANUARY 31.7 30.1 +1.6 37TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 45.8 IN 1992)
(WARMEST SINCE 33.0 IN 2022)
FEBRUARY 35.7 34.7 +1.0 37TH WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 51.4 IN 1992)
(WARMEST SINCE 38.9 IN 2020)
MARCH 33.9 46.8 -12.9 TIED FOR THE 6TH COLDEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 27.5 IN 1965)
(COLDEST SINCE 29.9 IN 2002)
APRIL 55.8 58.1 -2.3 30TH COLDEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 48.2 IN 1975)
(COLDEST SINCE 49.7 IN 2022)
MAY 74.3 68.1 +6.2 TIED FOR THE 10TH WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 80.3 IN 1958)
(WARMEST SINCE 74.8 IN 1994)
JUNE 80.2 78.6 +1.6 30TH WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 93.4 IN 1988)
(WARMEST SINCE 89.8 IN 2021)
JULY 88.5 88.7 -0.2 36TH COLDEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 74.5 IN 1993)
(COLDEST SINCE 88.4 IN 2020)
AUGUST 87.6 87.4 +0.2 TIED FOR THE 43RD WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 94.9 IN 1983)
(WARMEST SINCE 91.6 IN 2022)
SEPTEMBER 78.5 75.6 +2.9 TIED FOR THE 21ST WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 84.3 IN 1998)
(WARMEST SINCE 82.0 IN 2022)
OCTOBER 54.3 59.0 -4.7 TIED FOR THE 7TH COLDEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 49.7 IN 1969)
(COLDEST SINCE 54.3 IN 2020)
NOVEMBER 48.8 44.3 +4.5 20TH WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 55.6 TIED IN 1999)
(WARMEST SINCE 52.1 IN 2021)
DECEMBER 42.5 33.1 +9.4 5TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 45.0 IN 1957)
(WARMEST SINCE 43.8 IN 1999)
YEAR 59.4 58.9 +0.5 TIED FOR THE 30TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 63.3 IN 2012)
(WARMEST SINCE 61.4 IN 2021)
...MILES CITY 2023 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES...
1 - 104 JULY 24
2 - 102 AUGUST 18
3 - 102 JULY 23
ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...111 ON JUNE 26 2012
...MILES CITY 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS...
80 ON APRIL 10 (OLD RECORD 78 IN 1968)
88 ON APRIL 11 (OLD RECORD 84 IN 1949)
...MILES CITY 2023 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES...
1 - -2 FEBRUARY 23
2 - 0 FEBRUARY 22
3 - 4 FEBRUARY 24
ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE...-25 ON DECEMBER 24 1983
...MILES CITY 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS...
-2 ON FEBRUARY 23 (OLD RECORD 1 IN 2022)
69 ON AUGUST 4 (OLD RECORD 73 IN 1940)
20 ON OCTOBER 26 (OLD RECORD 26 IN 2020)
16 ON OCTOBER 27 (OLD RECORD 26 IN 2019)
...MILES CITY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES...
MONTH 2023 VALUES NORMALS DEPARTURE RANKING
JANUARY 14.6 8.9 +5.7 TIED FOR THE 17TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 24.3 IN 2006)
(WARMEST SINCE 17.6 IN 2021)
FEBRUARY 14.0 12.5 +1.5 TIED FOR THE 33RD WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 26.9 IN 1998)
(WARMEST SINCE 16.2 IN 2020)
MARCH 16.5 22.5 -6.0 18TH COLDEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 7.1 IN 1965)
(COLDEST SINCE 12.4 IN 2019)
APRIL 31.4 32.9 -1.5 27TH COLDEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 27.0 IN 1951)
(COLDEST SINCE 27.8 IN 2022)
MAY 48.3 42.9 +5.4 7TH WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 50.0 IN 2018)
(WARMEST SINCE 50.0 IN 2018)
JUNE 56.2 52.5 +3.7 11TH WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 64.4 IN 1988)
(WARMEST SINCE 56.3 IN 2016)
JULY 60.4 59.6 +0.8 MEDIAN OUT OF 87 YEARS
(WARMEST 66.3-2007/COLDEST 53.8-1993)
AUGUST 59.3 57.6 +1.7 TIED FOR THE 28TH WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 65.8 IN 1983)
(WARMEST SINCE 61.8 IN 2022)
SEPTEMBER 52.7 46.9 +5.8 TIED FOR THE 5TH WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 54.5 IN 1998)
(WARMEST SINCE 52.8 IN 2013)
OCTOBER 32.6 33.8 -1.2 TIED FOR THE 18TH COLDEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD COLDEST WAS 27.6 IN 2019)
(COLDEST SINCE 29.3 IN 2020)
NOVEMBER 25.9 21.2 +4.7 16TH WARMEST OUT OF 87 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 30.2 IN 1949)
(WARMEST SINCE 26.0 IN 2021)
DECEMBER 20.4 11.7 +8.7 5TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 22.4 IN 1999)
(WARMEST SINCE 22.4 IN 1999)
YEAR 36.1 33.7 +2.4 TIED FOR THE 10TH WARMEST OUT OF 86 YEARS
(RECORD WARMEST WAS 37.2 TIED IN 2016)
(WARMEST SINCE 37.2 IN 2016)
...MILES CITY 2023 TOP 3 WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES...
1 - 72 JULY 25
2 - 70 JULY 30
3 - 70 JULY 26
ALL TIME RECORD WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...79 ON JULY 24 2007
...MILES CITY 2023 BROKEN OR TIED WARMEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS...
54 ON SEPTEMBER 23 (TIED RECORD IN 1953)
36 ON DECEMBER 6 (OLD RECORD 34 IN 1991)
...MILES CITY 2023 TOP 3 COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES...
1 - -25 FEBRUARY 24
2 - -22 FEBRUARY 23
3 - -11 JANUARY 30
ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE...-38 ON DECEMBER 24 1983
...MILES CITY 2023 BROKEN OR TIED COLDEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS...
-25 ON FEBRUARY 24 (OLD RECORD -23 IN 1993)
46 ON JULY 5 (OLD RECORD 48 IN 1945)
-3 ON OCTOBER 27 (OLD RECORD 13 IN 2020)
-2 ON OCTOBER 28 (OLD RECORD 10 IN 1991)
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