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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT FRI AUG 19 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 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         71    314 PM  99    1967  83    -12       77       
  MINIMUM         53   1159 PM  39    1987  49      4       59       
  AVERAGE         62                        66     -4       68      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          0.66 1926   0.04  -0.02     0.64    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.27                      0.64  -0.37     1.00    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.96                     12.23  -1.27    12.86    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.66                      9.29   0.37     9.96    
                                                                     
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        3                         2      1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   14                        20     -6        6       
  SINCE JUN 1    282                       253     29      195       
  SINCE JUL 1     37                        75    -38       25       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        3       
  MONTH TO DATE  105                        66     39      132       
  SINCE JUN 1    278                       210     68      361       
  SINCE JAN 1    278                       213     65      361       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     39           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83       100      1961                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        36      1913                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 19 2005........SUNRISE   639 AM MDT   SUNSET   840 PM MDT   
AUGUST 20 2005........SUNRISE   641 AM MDT   SUNSET   838 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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