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CDUS45 KMSO 040742
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
141 AM MDT THU AUG 4 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 3 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         86    447 PM 104    1961  85      1       85       
  MINIMUM         51    610 AM  39    2002  51      0       60       
  AVERAGE         69                        68      1       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.85 1896   0.03  -0.03     0.24    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.04                      0.09  -0.05     0.24    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.73                     11.68  -0.95    12.10    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.43                      8.74   0.69     9.20    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     19.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         3     -3        0       
  SINCE JUN 1    268                       236     32      189       
  SINCE JUL 1     23                        58    -35       19       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         4      0        8       
  MONTH TO DATE   20                        12      8       28       
  SINCE JUN 1    193                       156     37      257       
  SINCE JAN 1    193                       159     34      257       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    71           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     13           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    42                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       105      1961                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        37      1980                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  4 2005........SUNRISE   620 AM MDT   SUNSET   904 PM MDT   
AUGUST  5 2005........SUNRISE   621 AM MDT   SUNSET   902 PM MDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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