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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
306 AM MST SUN OCT 30 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 29 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         50    311 PM  69    1921  49      1       42       
  MINIMUM         33    619 AM   0    1971  28      5       30       
  AVERAGE         42                        39      3       36      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.28 1925   0.03  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.09                      0.77   0.32     0.55    
  SINCE OCT 1      1.09                      0.77   0.32     0.55    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.43                     11.65   0.78    14.43    
                                                                     
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       23                        26     -3       29       
  MONTH TO DATE  504                       597    -93      558       
  SINCE SEP 1    760                       873   -113      881       
  SINCE JUL 1    827                       990   -163      955       
                                                                     
 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     46           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        68      1937                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   28         4      1991                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 30 2005.......SUNRISE   716 AM MST   SUNSET   523 PM MST   
OCTOBER 31 2005.......SUNRISE   718 AM MST   SUNSET   521 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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