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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1239 AM MST MON FEB 20 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 19 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         27    857 PM  59    1995  39    -12       39       
  MINIMUM         -2R   746 AM  -2    1932  21    -23       18       
  AVERAGE         13                        30    -17       29      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.29 1968   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.15                      0.50  -0.35     0.09    
  SINCE OCT 1      5.66                      4.50   1.16     2.03    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.38                      1.56  -0.18     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       52                        35     17       36       
  MONTH TO DATE  752                       707     45      660       
  SINCE DEC 1   3110                      3285   -175     3071       
  SINCE JUL 1   4987                      5300   -313     5021       
                                                                     
 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     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     9   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.8                                         
                                                                     
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    72           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     33           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        59      1995                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21        -3      1918                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 20 2006......SUNRISE   732 AM MST   SUNSET   609 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 21 2006......SUNRISE   730 AM MST   SUNSET   610 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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