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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT SAT JUL 29 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 28 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        100    338 PM 101    1968  86     14       93       
  MINIMUM         57    542 AM  37    1949  51      6       49       
  AVERAGE         79                        68     11       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.68 1905   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.33                      0.98  -0.65     0.14    
  SINCE OCT 1     14.20                     11.48   2.72    10.69    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.92                      8.54   1.38     9.39    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     10.3                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        49    -49       23       
  SINCE JUN 1     86                       227   -141      268       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                        49    -49       23       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                         4     10        6       
  MONTH TO DATE  253                       101    152      130       
  SINCE JUN 1    316                       134    182      146       
  SINCE JAN 1    331                       137    194      146       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    67           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST      8           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    38                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       100      1920                    
                                             2000                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        37      1894                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 29 2006..........SUNRISE   612 AM MDT   SUNSET   912 PM MDT   
JULY 30 2006..........SUNRISE   614 AM MDT   SUNSET   911 PM MDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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