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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1241 AM MST SAT FEB 25 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 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         36    406 PM  66    1995  40     -4       48       
  MINIMUM         20   1159 PM  -8    1922  23     -3       19       
  AVERAGE         28                        32     -4       34      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.48 1893   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.31                      0.65  -0.34     0.14    
  SINCE OCT 1      5.82                      4.65   1.17     2.08    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.54                      1.71  -0.17     0.78    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE    2.3                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      4.8                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     16.3                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       37                        33      4       31       
  MONTH TO DATE  924                       877     47      833       
  SINCE DEC 1   3282                      3455   -173     3244       
  SINCE JUL 1   5159                      5470   -311     5194       
                                                                     
 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     44           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        63      1905                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23       -11      1993                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 25 2006......SUNRISE   723 AM MST   SUNSET   616 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 26 2006......SUNRISE   722 AM MST   SUNSET   618 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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