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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1257 AM MST FRI FEB 25 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 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         48    425 PM  66    1995  40      8       42       
  MINIMUM         19    650 AM  -8    1922  23     -4       22       
  AVERAGE         34                        32      2       32      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.48 1893   0.03  -0.03     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.14                      0.65  -0.51     0.57    
  SINCE OCT 1      2.08                      4.65  -2.57     4.39    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.78                      1.71  -0.93     1.49    
                                                                     
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       31                        33     -2       33       
  MONTH TO DATE  833                       877    -44      891       
  SINCE DEC 1   3244                      3455   -211     3438       
  SINCE JUL 1   5194                      5470   -276     5300       
                                                                     
 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     N (350)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     6   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     0.1                                         
                                                                     
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    92           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     34           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        63      1905                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23       -11      1993                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE   723 AM MST   SUNSET   616 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 26 2005......SUNRISE   721 AM MST   SUNSET   618 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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