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CDUS45 KMSO 070852
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
151 AM MST SAT JAN 7 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 6 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         38    311 PM  49    1902  30      8       14       
  MINIMUM         23    419 AM -23    2004  15      8       -6       
                                      1979                          
  AVERAGE         31                        22      9        4      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.60 1969   0.04  -0.04      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.10                      0.24  -0.14     0.03    
  SINCE OCT 1      4.38                      3.18   1.20     1.33    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.10                      0.24  -0.14     0.03    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.2                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      0.2                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     11.7                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0.0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       34                        43     -9       61       
  MONTH TO DATE  183                       258    -75      334       
  SINCE DEC 1   1586                      1545     41     1420       
  SINCE JUL 1   3463                      3560    -97     3370       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     9   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     70           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    81                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30        52      1918                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -26      1937                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  7 2006.......SUNRISE   821 AM MST   SUNSET   505 PM MST   
JANUARY  8 2006.......SUNRISE   821 AM MST   SUNSET   506 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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