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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT THU AUG 10 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 9 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         82    622 PM  99    1991  85     -3       94       
  MINIMUM         58    653 AM  35    1895  51      7       65       
  AVERAGE         70                        68      2       80      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.10          0.40 1907   0.04   0.06     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.22                      0.28  -0.06     0.04    
  SINCE OCT 1     14.42                     11.87   2.55    10.73    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.14                      8.93   1.21     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                         9     -9        0       
  SINCE JUN 1     90                       242   -152      268       
  SINCE JUL 1      4                        64    -60       23       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                         4      1       15       
  MONTH TO DATE   44                        36      8       85       
  SINCE JUN 1    373                       180    193      258       
  SINCE JAN 1    388                       183    205      258       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    57                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       102      1928                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        37      1893                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 10 2006........SUNRISE   627 AM MDT   SUNSET   855 PM MDT   
AUGUST 11 2006........SUNRISE   629 AM MDT   SUNSET   854 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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