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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1237 AM MST THU FEB 9 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 8 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         38   1159 PM  57    1898  35      3       34       
  MINIMUM         24    547 AM -25    1936  19      5       22       
  AVERAGE         31                        27      4       28      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          0.28 1899   0.03  -0.02     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.11                      0.24  -0.13     0.02    
  SINCE OCT 1      5.62                      4.24   1.38     1.96    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.34                      1.30   0.04     0.66    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.5                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      3.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     14.5                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       34                        38     -4       37       
  MONTH TO DATE  245                       308    -63      264       
  SINCE DEC 1   2603                      2886   -283     2675       
  SINCE JUL 1   4480                      4901   -421     4625       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     70           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    83                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        50      1951                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   19       -25      1933                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  9 2006......SUNRISE   750 AM MST   SUNSET   552 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 10 2006......SUNRISE   748 AM MST   SUNSET   553 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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