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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT SUN AUG 21 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 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         91    534 PM  99    1940  82      9       83       
  MINIMUM         43    610 AM  36    1915  49     -6       54       
  AVERAGE         67                        66      1       69      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.97 1981   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.27                      0.72  -0.45     1.00    
  SINCE OCT 1     10.96                     12.31  -1.35    12.86    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.66                      9.37   0.29     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        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   16                        24     -8        6       
  SINCE JUN 1    284                       257     27      195       
  SINCE JUL 1     39                        79    -40       25       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         3     -1        4       
  MONTH TO DATE  107                        72     35      139       
  SINCE JUN 1    280                       216     64      368       
  SINCE JAN 1    280                       219     61      368       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  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    65           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     11           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    38                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82       100      1969                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        37      1988                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 21 2005........SUNRISE   642 AM MDT   SUNSET   836 PM MDT   
AUGUST 22 2005........SUNRISE   643 AM MDT   SUNSET   834 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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