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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1240 AM MST TUE FEB 15 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 14 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         31    222 PM  65    1921  37     -6       28       
  MINIMUM         21   1110 PM -14    1895  20      1       12       
  AVERAGE         26                        29     -3       20      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.03          0.50 1918   0.02   0.01     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.09                      0.40  -0.31     0.16    
  SINCE OCT 1      2.03                      4.40  -2.37     3.98    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.73                      1.46  -0.73     1.08    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.4                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    1.4                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     10.3                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     20.4                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       39                        36      3       45       
  MONTH TO DATE  466                       530    -64      557       
  SINCE DEC 1   2877                      3108   -231     3104       
  SINCE JUL 1   4827                      5123   -296     4966       
                                                                     
 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    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92          1100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     68           800 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    80                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        54      1982                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   20       -20      1936                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 15 2005......SUNRISE   740 AM MST   SUNSET   601 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 16 2005......SUNRISE   739 AM MST   SUNSET   603 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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