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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
439 AM MST SAT DEC 24 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 23 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         45    244 PM  54    1936  29     16       19       
  MINIMUM         34   1129 PM -30    1983  15     19        2       
  AVERAGE         40                        22     18       11      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          1.40 1917   0.04  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.35                      0.84  -0.49     0.31    
  SINCE OCT 1      3.46                      2.63   0.83     1.07    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.80                     13.51   1.29    14.95    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    3.7                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     30.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     11.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       2                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       25                        43    -18       54       
  MONTH TO DATE 1152                       950    202      765       
  SINCE DEC 1   1152                       950    202      765       
  SINCE JUL 1   3029                      2965     64     2715       
                                                                     
 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     58           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29        51      1919                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -19      1944                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER 24 2005......SUNRISE   820 AM MST   SUNSET   452 PM MST   
DECEMBER 25 2005......SUNRISE   821 AM MST   SUNSET   453 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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