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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
140 AM MDT SUN OCT 23 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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         61    400 PM  72    2003  54      7       46       
                                      1939                          
  MINIMUM         29    652 AM  17    1895  30     -1       33       
  AVERAGE         45                        42      3       40      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.33 1893   0.02  -0.02     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.79                      0.57   0.22     0.45    
  SINCE OCT 1      0.79                      0.57   0.22     0.45    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.13                     11.45   0.68    14.33    
                                                                     
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       20                        23     -3       25       
  MONTH TO DATE  367                       422    -55      364       
  SINCE SEP 1    623                       698    -75      687       
  SINCE JUL 1    690                       815   -125      761       
                                                                     
 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     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     9   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     47           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        75      1944                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29        15      1895                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 23 2005.......SUNRISE   806 AM MDT   SUNSET   634 PM MDT   
OCTOBER 24 2005.......SUNRISE   807 AM MDT   SUNSET   633 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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