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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT                              
1249 AM MST THU FEB 20 2003

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...THE HELENA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 19 2003...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1880 TO 2003

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         40    711 PM  64    1981  39      1       43       
  MINIMUM         29    835 AM -23    1882  17     12       22       
  AVERAGE         35                        28      7       33      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.22 1949   0.01  -0.01      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.21                      0.22  -0.01     0.02    
  SINCE OCT 1      1.33                      2.34  -1.01     1.06    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.62                      0.74  -0.12     0.06    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE   MM                                                 
  SINCE DEC 1     MM                                                 
  SINCE JUL 1     MM                                                 
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       30                        38     -8       32       
  MONTH TO DATE  670                       766    -96      577       
  SINCE DEC 1   2906                      3511   -605     2919       
  SINCE JUL 1   4819                      5541   -722     4272       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    69          1000 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37           700 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       
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THE HELENA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        64      1995                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17       -19      1986                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 20 2003......SUNRISE   724 AM MST   SUNSET   600 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 21 2003......SUNRISE   722 AM MST   SUNSET   602 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.