000 CDUS45 KMSO 230739 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1239 AM MST THU FEB 23 2006 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 40 458 PM 56 1995 40 0 35 MINIMUM 28 702 AM -14 1910 22 6 22 AVERAGE 34 31 3 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 0.50 1893 0.03 -0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.18 0.59 -0.41 0.14 SINCE OCT 1 5.69 4.59 1.10 2.08 SINCE JAN 1 1.41 1.65 -0.24 0.78 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.2 MONTH TO DATE 1.5 SINCE JAN 1 4.0 SINCE JUL 1 15.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 34 -3 36 MONTH TO DATE 860 810 50 766 SINCE DEC 1 3218 3388 -170 3177 SINCE JUL 1 5095 5403 -308 5127 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 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 100 AM LOWEST 52 500 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 59 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -9 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2006......SUNRISE 727 AM MST SUNSET 613 PM MST FEBRUARY 24 2006......SUNRISE 725 AM MST SUNSET 615 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$