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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1248 AM MST FRI FEB 17 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16 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         20   1217 AM  58    1977  38    -18       34       
  MINIMUM          0   1159 PM -20    1956  21    -21       13       
  AVERAGE         10                        29    -19       24      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.29 1952   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.15                      0.44  -0.29     0.09    
  SINCE OCT 1      5.66                      4.44   1.22     2.03    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.38                      1.50  -0.12     0.73    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE    1.2                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      3.7                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     15.2                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       55                        36     19       41       
  MONTH TO DATE  576                       602    -26      546       
  SINCE DEC 1   2934                      3180   -246     2957       
  SINCE JUL 1   4811                      5195   -384     4907       
                                                                     
 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    30   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    20.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    67           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     44          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        56      1948                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21       -16      1993                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 17 2006......SUNRISE   737 AM MST   SUNSET   604 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 18 2006......SUNRISE   736 AM MST   SUNSET   606 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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