000 CDUS45 KMSO 240739 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST THU FEB 24 2005 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 43 450 PM 59 1981 40 3 41 MINIMUM 14 731 AM -9 1894 22 -8 17 AVERAGE 29 31 -2 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.39 1999 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.14 0.62 -0.48 0.56 SINCE OCT 1 2.08 4.62 -2.54 4.38 SINCE JAN 1 0.78 1.68 -0.90 1.48 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.9 SINCE JAN 1 11.8 SINCE JUL 1 21.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 36 34 2 36 MONTH TO DATE 802 844 -42 858 SINCE DEC 1 3213 3422 -209 3405 SINCE JUL 1 5163 5437 -274 5267 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 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 6 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 6 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 0.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 900 AM LOWEST 39 500 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 66 1995 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -8 1922 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE 725 AM MST SUNSET 615 PM MST FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE 723 AM MST SUNSET 616 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$