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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
147 AM MDT THU AUG 18 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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         76    146 PM  99    1967  84     -8       88       
  MINIMUM         51    506 AM  38    2002  49      2       59       
                                      1976                          
  AVERAGE         64                        66     -2       74      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.53 1930   0.04  -0.04     0.05    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.25                      0.60  -0.35     0.36    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.94                     12.19  -1.25    12.22    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.64                      9.25   0.39     9.32    
                                                                     
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        1                         2     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   11                        18     -7        6       
  SINCE JUN 1    279                       251     28      195       
  SINCE JUL 1     34                        73    -39       25       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  105                        63     42      129       
  SINCE JUN 1    278                       207     71      358       
  SINCE JAN 1    278                       210     68      358       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    63           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     21           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    42                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        99      1967                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        39      1987                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 18 2005........SUNRISE   638 AM MDT   SUNSET   841 PM MDT   
AUGUST 19 2005........SUNRISE   639 AM MDT   SUNSET   840 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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