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CDUS45 KMSO 160739
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT TUE AUG 16 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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         89    522 PM  98    2004  85      4       98       
                                      1920                          
  MINIMUM         44    614 AM  33    1893  50     -6       55       
  AVERAGE         67                        67      0       77      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.55 1968   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.25                      0.52  -0.27     0.31    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.94                     12.11  -1.17    12.17    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.64                      9.17   0.47     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        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   10                        15     -5        6       
  SINCE JUN 1    278                       248     30      195       
  SINCE JUL 1     33                        70    -37       25       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         3     -1       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  101                        57     44      108       
  SINCE JUN 1    274                       201     73      337       
  SINCE JAN 1    274                       204     70      337       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.0                                         
                                                                     
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    71           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     12           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    42                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85        97      1933                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        35      1893                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 16 2005........SUNRISE   635 AM MDT   SUNSET   845 PM MDT   
AUGUST 17 2005........SUNRISE   637 AM MDT   SUNSET   843 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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