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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT TUE AUG 15 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 14 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         89    528 PM 100    1992  85      4       82       
  MINIMUM         45    552 AM  32    1893  50     -5       40       
  AVERAGE         67                        67      0       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.62 1968   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.28                      0.48  -0.20     0.25    
  SINCE OCT 1     14.48                     12.07   2.41    10.94    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.20                      9.13   1.07     9.64    
                                                                     
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        4       
  MONTH TO DATE    7                        14     -7       10       
  SINCE JUN 1     97                       247   -150      278       
  SINCE JUL 1     11                        69    -58       33       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         3     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   52                        54     -2       99       
  SINCE JUN 1    381                       198    183      272       
  SINCE JAN 1    396                       201    195      272       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.9                                         
                                                                     
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    66           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     13           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    40                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85        98      2004                    
                                             1920                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        33      1893                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 15 2006........SUNRISE   634 AM MDT   SUNSET   847 PM MDT   
AUGUST 16 2006........SUNRISE   635 AM MDT   SUNSET   845 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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