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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT                              
1256 AM MST THU FEB 24 2005

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...THE LEWISTOWN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1896 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         49    326 PM  60    1908  38     11       43       
  MINIMUM         14    531 AM -26    1928  16     -2       16       
  AVERAGE         32                        27      5       30      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.30 1953   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.10                      0.46  -0.36     0.13    
  SINCE OCT 1      2.07                      3.98  -1.91     2.75    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.29                      1.35  -1.06     0.33    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE   MM                                                 
  SINCE DEC 1     MM                                                 
  SINCE JUL 1     MM                                                 
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       33                        38     -5       35       
  MONTH TO DATE  806                       919   -113      924       
  SINCE DEC 1   3282                      3565   -283     3520       
  SINCE JUL 1   5305                      5804   -499     5569       
                                                                     
 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    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    73           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     23           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    48                                                       
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THE LEWISTOWN CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        67      1995                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17       -26      1922                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE   706 AM MST   SUNSET   556 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE   705 AM MST   SUNSET   558 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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