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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT FRI AUG 26 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 25 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         79        MM  99    1970  81     -2       62        
  MINIMUM         39        MM  29    1910  47     -8       52        
  AVERAGE         59                        64     -5       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.30 1961   0.04  -0.04     0.09    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.39                      0.92  -0.53     1.84    
  SINCE OCT 1     11.08                     12.51  -1.43    13.70    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.78                      9.57   0.21    10.80    
                                                                     
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        6                         3      3        8       
  MONTH TO DATE   30                        39     -9       34       
  SINCE JUN 1    298                       272     26      223       
  SINCE JUL 1     53                        94    -41       53       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  122                        85     37      148       
  SINCE JUN 1    295                       229     66      377       
  SINCE JAN 1    295                       232     63      377       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    MM   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    MM            
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.5                                         
                                                                     
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    85           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     21           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        99      1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        33      1908                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 26 2005........SUNRISE   648 AM MDT   SUNSET   827 PM MDT   
AUGUST 27 2005........SUNRISE   650 AM MDT   SUNSET   825 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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