PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
751 PM MDT TUE JUL 15 2008

...DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION...

SINCE THE OFFICIAL START OF SUMMER...JUNE 20...MILES CITY AND
BILLINGS HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE DRIEST STARTS TO SUMMER ON RECORD
THROUGH JULY 14. SHERIDAN...ON THE OTHER HAND...HAS FAIRED A
LITTLE BETTER. SIMILAR RESULTS ARE ALSO EVIDENT WHEN LOOKING AT
THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR THROUGH JULY 14. HERE IS A
LOOK AT THE YEARLY AND SUMMER PRECIPITATION STATISTICS THROUGH
JULY 14 FOR THESE CITIES. 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. ALL PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES.


...SUMMER SEASON - JUNE 20-JULY 14...

                BILLINGS        MILES CITY        SHERIDAN

PRECIPITATION     0.11              0.55            0.86
NORMAL            1.10              1.47            0.96
DEFICIT          -0.99             -0.92           -0.10
RECORD         4TH DRIEST       18TH DRIEST


...YEARLY - JANUARY 1-JULY 14...

                BILLINGS        MILES CITY        SHERIDAN

PRECIPITATION     6.24              6.38           10.49
NORMAL            9.29              8.32            9.15
DEFICIT          -3.05             -1.94           +1.34
RECORD         12TH DRIEST      18TH DRIEST

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