PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
610 AM MDT SAT AUG 30 2008

...AVERAGE AND EARLIEST FROST AND FREEZE DATES AFTER AUGUST 1...

HERE ARE THE AVERAGE AND EARLIEST FROST AND FREEZE DATES FOR THE
LATE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL MONTHS FOR BILLINGS...MILES CITY AND
SHERIDAN. THE FREEZING TEMPERATURE IS BASED ON 32 DEGREES AND THE
FROST TEMPERATURE IS BASED ON 36 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

THE AVERAGE DATES ARE BASED ON A 30 YEAR AVERAGE FROM 1971 TO
2000. THE EARLIEST DATES ARE THE EARLIEST OCCURRENCES OF A FROST
AND FREEZE AFTER AUGUST 1 SINCE 1934 IN BILLINGS...1937 IN MILES
CITY AND 1934 IN SHERIDAN.


...BILLINGS...

AVERAGE FIRST FREEZE DATE    OCTOBER 1
EARLIEST FREEZE ON RECORD    SEPTEMBER 4

AVERAGE FIRST FROST DATE     SEPTEMBER 21
EARLIEST FROST ON RECORD     AUGUST 24


...MILES CITY...

AVERAGE FIRST FREEZE DATE    SEPTEMBER 28
EARLIEST FREEZE ON RECORD    SEPTEMBER 2

AVERAGE FIRST FROST DATE     SEPTEMBER 20
EARLIEST FROST ON RECORD     AUGUST 22


...SHERIDAN...

AVERAGE FIRST FREEZE DATE    SEPTEMBER 19
EARLIEST FREEZE ON RECORD    AUGUST 17

AVERAGE FIRST FROST DATE     SEPTEMBER 13
EARLIEST FROST ON RECORD     AUGUST 17

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