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CDUS45 KMSO 090743
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1243 AM MST FRI DEC 9 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 8 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          7    726 PM  60    1938  31    -24       46       
  MINIMUM        -15    740 AM -19    1972  17    -32       29       
  AVERAGE         -4                        24    -28       38      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.50 1901   0.03  -0.03     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.14                      0.24  -0.10     0.03    
  SINCE OCT 1      3.25                      2.03   1.22     0.79    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.59                     12.91   1.68    14.67    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    3.7                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     30.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     11.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       4                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       69                        41     28       27       
  MONTH TO DATE  417                       319     98      267       
  SINCE DEC 1    417                       319     98      267       
  SINCE JUL 1   2294                      2334    -40     2217       
                                                                     
 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     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     9   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     0.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    83           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     69           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        54      1979                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17       -22      1972                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER  9 2005......SUNRISE   810 AM MST   SUNSET   447 PM MST   
DECEMBER 10 2005......SUNRISE   811 AM MST   SUNSET   447 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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