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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1257 AM MST FRI FEB 18 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 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         41    449 PM  56    1948  38      3       38       
  MINIMUM         11    730 AM -16    1993  21    -10       32       
  AVERAGE         26                        30     -4       35      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.29 2004   0.02  -0.02     0.29    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.09                      0.46  -0.37     0.45    
  SINCE OCT 1      2.03                      4.46  -2.43     4.27    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.73                      1.52  -0.79     1.37    
                                                                     
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       39                        35      4       30       
  MONTH TO DATE  585                       637    -52      662       
  SINCE DEC 1   2996                      3215   -219     3209       
  SINCE JUL 1   4946                      5230   -284     5071       
                                                                     
 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 (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     6   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (90)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     0.5                                         
                                                                     
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    88           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        64      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21       -11      1942                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 18 2005......SUNRISE   735 AM MST   SUNSET   606 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 19 2005......SUNRISE   734 AM MST   SUNSET   607 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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