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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
140 AM MDT SAT AUG 27 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26 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         87    440 PM  99    1981  80      7       61       
  MINIMUM         43    637 AM  33    1908  47     -4       50       
  AVERAGE         65                        64      1       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.09 2004   0.04  -0.04     1.07    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.39                      0.96  -0.57     2.91    
  SINCE OCT 1     11.08                     12.55  -1.47    14.77    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.78                      9.61   0.17    11.87    
                                                                     
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                         3     -3        9       
  MONTH TO DATE   30                        42    -12       43       
  SINCE JUN 1    298                       275     23      232       
  SINCE JUL 1     53                        97    -44       62       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  122                        87     35      148       
  SINCE JUN 1    295                       231     64      377       
  SINCE JAN 1    295                       234     61      377       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.6                                         
                                                                     
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    76           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     10           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    43                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        99      1971                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        33      1976                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 27 2005........SUNRISE   650 AM MDT   SUNSET   825 PM MDT   
AUGUST 28 2005........SUNRISE   651 AM MDT   SUNSET   823 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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