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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1247 AM MST FRI FEB 22 2002

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 2002...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 SNOW/HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1961-1990
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2002

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         43    740 PM  65    1905  39      4       36       
  MINIMUM         25    541 AM  -9    1894  22      3       22       
  AVERAGE         34                        31      3       29      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.34 1936   0.03  -0.03     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.34                      0.56  -0.22     0.64    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.65                      4.56   0.09     4.73    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.97                      1.62  -0.65     1.34    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.2                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      7.4                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     26.8                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       31                        34     -3       36       
  MONTH TO DATE  686                       776    -90      901       
  SINCE DEC 1   3047                      3354   -307     3599       
  SINCE JUL 1   4720                      5369   -649     5828       
                                                                     
 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    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  26 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     48          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        56      1995                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   22       -14      1910                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 22 2002......SUNRISE   729 AM MST   SUNSET   612 PM MST   
FEBRUARY 23 2002......SUNRISE   727 AM MST   SUNSET   613 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.