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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
146 AM MDT MON AUG 15 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 14 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         82    447 PM 100    1992  85     -3       97       
  MINIMUM         40    624 AM  32    1893  50    -10       53       
  AVERAGE         61                        67     -6       75      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.62 1968   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.25                      0.48  -0.23     0.31    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.94                     12.07  -1.13    12.17    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.64                      9.13   0.51     9.27    
                                                                     
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        4                         1      3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   10                        14     -4        6       
  SINCE JUN 1    278                       247     31      195       
  SINCE JUL 1     33                        69    -36       25       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3       10       
  MONTH TO DATE   99                        54     45       96       
  SINCE JUN 1    272                       198     74      325       
  SINCE JAN 1    272                       201     71      325       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.7                                         
                                                                     
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    85           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     15           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    50                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85        98      2004                    
                                             1920                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        33      1893                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 15 2005........SUNRISE   634 AM MDT   SUNSET   846 PM MDT   
AUGUST 16 2005........SUNRISE   635 AM MDT   SUNSET   845 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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