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CDUS45 KMSO 090741
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT WED AUG 9 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 8 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         97    255 PM 100    1971  85     12       89       
  MINIMUM         55    524 AM  36    1893  51      4       58       
  AVERAGE         76                        68      8       74      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.12          0.42 1915   0.03   0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.12                      0.24  -0.12     0.04    
  SINCE OCT 1     14.32                     11.83   2.49    10.73    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.04                      8.89   1.15     9.43    
                                                                     
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                         8     -8        0       
  SINCE JUN 1     90                       241   -151      268       
  SINCE JUL 1      4                        63    -59       23       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                         4      7        9       
  MONTH TO DATE   39                        32      7       70       
  SINCE JUN 1    368                       176    192      243       
  SINCE JAN 1    383                       179    204      243       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    39   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    48   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (90)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78           600 PM                                     
 LOWEST     14           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    46                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85        99      1991                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        35      1895                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  9 2006........SUNRISE   626 AM MDT   SUNSET   857 PM MDT   
AUGUST 10 2006........SUNRISE   627 AM MDT   SUNSET   855 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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