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CDUS45 KMSO 260758
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1257 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25 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    356 PM  63    1905  41     -5       50       
  MINIMUM         12    758 AM -11    1993  23    -11       19       
  AVERAGE         24                        32     -8       35      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.48 1917   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.31                      0.68  -0.37     0.14    
  SINCE OCT 1      5.82                      4.68   1.14     2.08    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.54                      1.74  -0.20     0.78    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    2.3                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      4.8                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     16.3                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       41                        33      8       30       
  MONTH TO DATE  965                       910     55      863       
  SINCE DEC 1   3323                      3488   -165     3274       
  SINCE JUL 1   5200                      5503   -303     5224       
                                                                     
 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     6   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     8   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     51           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        60      1896                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23       -10      1962                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 26 2006......SUNRISE   722 AM MST   SUNSET   618 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 27 2006......SUNRISE   720 AM MST   SUNSET   619 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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