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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1239 AM MST SUN DEC 4 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 3 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         30    242 PM  60    1956  32     -2       41       
  MINIMUM         15   1139 PM -12    1919  19     -4       25       
  AVERAGE         23                        26     -3       33      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          0.36 1927   0.03  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.08                      0.09  -0.01      T      
  SINCE OCT 1      3.19                      1.88   1.31     0.76    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.53                     12.76   1.77    14.64    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.3                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    2.4                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     28.7                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      9.7                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       5                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       42                        39      3       32       
  MONTH TO DATE  129                       117     12       99       
  SINCE DEC 1    129                       117     12       99       
  SINCE JUL 1   2006                      2132   -126     2049       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1    311                       256     55      385       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     63           700 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    82                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        58      1918                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   18       -15      1972                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER  4 2005......SUNRISE   805 AM MST   SUNSET   448 PM MST   
DECEMBER  5 2005......SUNRISE   806 AM MST   SUNSET   448 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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