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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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         55    512 PM  82    1942  62     -7       68       
  MINIMUM         33    220 AM  18    1974  34     -1       33       
  AVERAGE         44                        48     -4       51      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.56 1914   0.03  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.70                      0.18   0.52      T      
  SINCE OCT 1      0.70                      0.18   0.52      T      
  SINCE JAN 1     12.04                     11.06   0.98    13.88    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     19.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                        17      4       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  114                        97     17       83       
  SINCE SEP 1    370                       373     -3      406       
  SINCE JUL 1    437                       490    -53      480       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      7                        10     -3        4       
  SINCE JAN 1    311                       256     55      385       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     7   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     8   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        79      1907                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        21      1894                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  7 2005.......SUNRISE   744 AM MDT   SUNSET   704 PM MDT   
OCTOBER  8 2005.......SUNRISE   745 AM MDT   SUNSET   702 PM MDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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