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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1247 AM MST WED FEB 16 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15 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         34    445 PM  54    1982  37     -3       35       
  MINIMUM         18   1220 AM -20    1936  20     -2       19       
  AVERAGE         26                        29     -3       27      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.90 1898   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.09                      0.42  -0.33     0.16    
  SINCE OCT 1      2.03                      4.42  -2.39     3.98    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.73                      1.48  -0.75     1.08    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    1.4                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     10.3                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     20.4                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       39                        36      3       38       
  MONTH TO DATE  505                       566    -61      595       
  SINCE DEC 1   2916                      3144   -228     3142       
  SINCE JUL 1   4866                      5159   -293     5004       
                                                                     
 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    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     47           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        58      1977                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21       -20      1956                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 16 2005......SUNRISE   739 AM MST   SUNSET   603 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 17 2005......SUNRISE   737 AM MST   SUNSET   604 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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