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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1241 AM MST SAT FEB 18 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 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         10    525 PM  56    1948  38    -28       41       
  MINIMUM         -8    834 AM -16    1993  21    -29       11       
  AVERAGE          1                        30    -29       26      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.29 2004   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.15                      0.46  -0.31     0.09    
  SINCE OCT 1      5.66                      4.46   1.20     2.03    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.38                      1.52  -0.14     0.73    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    1.2                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      3.7                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     15.2                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       64                        35     29       39       
  MONTH TO DATE  640                       637      3      585       
  SINCE DEC 1   2998                      3215   -217     2996       
  SINCE JUL 1   4875                      5230   -355     4946       
                                                                     
 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    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    45           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     20           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    33                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        64      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21       -11      1942                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 18 2006......SUNRISE   736 AM MST   SUNSET   606 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 19 2006......SUNRISE   734 AM MST   SUNSET   607 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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