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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
142 AM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 19 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    408 PM 100    1961  83     -1       83       
  MINIMUM         43    555 AM  36    1913  49     -6       52       
  AVERAGE         63                        66     -3       68      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.42 1906   0.04  -0.04      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.27                      0.68  -0.41     1.00    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.96                     12.27  -1.31    12.86    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.66                      9.33   0.33     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        2                         2      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   16                        22     -6        6       
  SINCE JUN 1    284                       255     29      195       
  SINCE JUL 1     39                        77    -38       25       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        3       
  MONTH TO DATE  105                        69     36      135       
  SINCE JUN 1    278                       213     65      364       
  SINCE JAN 1    278                       216     62      364       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.6                                         
                                                                     
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    89           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     13           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    51                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82        99      1940                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        36      1915                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 20 2005........SUNRISE   641 AM MDT   SUNSET   838 PM MDT   
AUGUST 21 2005........SUNRISE   642 AM MDT   SUNSET   836 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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