PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
932 AM MST SAT DEC 22 2007

...SHERIDAN FALL IN REVIEW...

FALL ENDED AT 1108 PM MST ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 21. HERE IS A LOOK
AT THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS FOR THIS FALL
SEASON...WHICH BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 23...FOR 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 SHERIDAN IN
1934 AND ARE LISTED IF IN THE TOP 20.

OVERALL...THIS FALL SEASON WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TERMS OF
TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION FOR SHERIDAN. THE 2007 FALL SEASON
MARKS THE 5TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
ABOVE NORMAL. THE LAST TIME THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOVE
NORMAL WAS IN 2002 WITH 36.2 DEGREES.

THIS FALL SEASON ONLY MARKS THE 2ND TIME IN THE LAST 9 YEARS
WHERE THE PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL. DURING THAT
PERIOD...THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION DEFICIT WAS 5.31 INCHES...NEARLY
2 FALL SEASONS WORTH OF PRECIPITATION.


...SEPTEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 21...


NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE   50.6
2007 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE     53.2

NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE    23.4
2007 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      24.9

NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        37.0
2007 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE          39.1

NORMAL PRECIPITATION              3.03
2007 PRECIPITATION                3.45
TIED FOR 14TH WETTEST ON RECORD


...SEPTEMBER 23 - SEPTEMBER 30...


NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE   70.0
2007 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE     69.9

NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE    37.8
2007 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      38.3

NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        53.9
2007 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE          54.1

NORMAL PRECIPITATION              0.31
2007 PRECIPITATION                0.40


...OCTOBER 1 - OCTOBER 31...


NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE   59.8
2007 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE     62.6

NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE    30.3
2007 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      34.2
TIED FOR 19TH WARMEST ON RECORD

NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        45.1
2007 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE          48.4

NORMAL PRECIPITATION              1.41
2007 PRECIPITATION                2.47
7TH WETTEST ON RECORD


...NOVEMBER 1 - NOVEMBER 30...


NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE   43.4
2007 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE     49.2

NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE    18.5
2007 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      21.0

NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        31.0
2007 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE          35.1

NORMAL PRECIPITATION              0.80
2007 PRECIPITATION                0.33
14TH DRIEST ON RECORD


...DECEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 21...


NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE   36.4
2007 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE     38.7

NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE    11.4
2007 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      11.9

NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        23.9
2007 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE          25.3

NORMAL PRECIPITATION              0.51
2007 PRECIPITATION                0.25

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