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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1239 AM MST SAT DEC 10 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 9 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         18    433 PM  54    1979  31    -13       46       
  MINIMUM         -1    202 AM -22    1972  17    -18       32       
  AVERAGE          9                        24    -15       39      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.66 1939   0.04  -0.04     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.14                      0.28  -0.14     0.04    
  SINCE OCT 1      3.25                      2.07   1.18     0.80    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.59                     12.95   1.64    14.68    
                                                                     
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       56                        41     15       26       
  MONTH TO DATE  473                       360    113      293       
  SINCE DEC 1    473                       360    113      293       
  SINCE JUL 1   2350                      2375    -25     2243       
                                                                     
 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     7   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     7   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     0.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     61           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        59      1896                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17       -19      1932                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER 10 2005......SUNRISE   811 AM MST   SUNSET   447 PM MST   
DECEMBER 11 2005......SUNRISE   812 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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