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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1238 AM MST MON JAN 3 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         19    314 PM  59    1939  30    -11       28       
  MINIMUM          5    951 PM -25    1978  15    -10       16       
  AVERAGE         12                        22    -10       22      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          0.28 1894   0.04  -0.02      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.03                      0.08  -0.05     0.23    
  SINCE OCT 1      1.33                      3.02  -1.69     3.13    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.03                      0.08  -0.05     0.23    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.2                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.4                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      0.4                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     10.5                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       4                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       53                        43     10       43       
  MONTH TO DATE  104                        86     18       89       
  SINCE DEC 1   1190                      1373   -183     1277       
  SINCE JUL 1   3140                      3388   -248     3139       
                                                                     
 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     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     9   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     0.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     62           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30        51      1918                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -19      1952                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  3 2005.......SUNRISE   822 AM MST   SUNSET   501 PM MST   
JANUARY  4 2005.......SUNRISE   822 AM MST   SUNSET   502 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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