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CDUS45 KMSO 270742
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1241 AM MST SUN FEB 27 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 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         54    356 PM  60    1896  41     13       47       
  MINIMUM         19    642 AM -10    1962  23     -4       32       
  AVERAGE         37                        32      5       40      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.52 1976   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.14                      0.71  -0.57     0.57    
  SINCE OCT 1      2.08                      4.71  -2.63     4.39    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.78                      1.77  -0.99     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       28                        33     -5       25       
  MONTH TO DATE  891                       943    -52      943       
  SINCE DEC 1   3302                      3521   -219     3490       
  SINCE JUL 1   5252                      5536   -284     5352       
                                                                     
 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    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.3                                         
                                                                     
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           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        64      1932                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23       -15      1893                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 27 2005......SUNRISE   719 AM MST   SUNSET   619 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 28 2005......SUNRISE   717 AM MST   SUNSET   621 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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