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CDUS45 KMSO 170739
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1238 AM MST THU FEB 17 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16 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    509 PM  58    1977  38     -4       39       
  MINIMUM         13    802 AM -20    1956  21     -8       17       
  AVERAGE         24                        29     -5       28      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.29 1952   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.09                      0.44  -0.35     0.16    
  SINCE OCT 1      2.03                      4.44  -2.41     3.98    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.73                      1.50  -0.77     1.08    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    1.4                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     10.3                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     20.4                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       41                        36      5       37       
  MONTH TO DATE  546                       602    -56      632       
  SINCE DEC 1   2957                      3180   -223     3179       
  SINCE JUL 1   4907                      5195   -288     5041       
                                                                     
 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     6   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     7   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     0.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     41           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        56      1948                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21       -16      1993                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 17 2005......SUNRISE   737 AM MST   SUNSET   604 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 18 2005......SUNRISE   735 AM MST   SUNSET   606 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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