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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT FRI AUG 18 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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         71    551 PM  99    1967  84    -13       76       
  MINIMUM         51   1157 PM  38    2002  49      2       51       
                                      1976                          
  AVERAGE         61                        66     -5       64      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.11          0.53 1930   0.04   0.07      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.64                      0.60   0.04     0.25    
  SINCE OCT 1     14.84                     12.19   2.65    10.94    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.56                      9.25   1.31     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        4                         2      2        1       
  MONTH TO DATE   11                        18     -7       11       
  SINCE JUN 1    101                       251   -150      279       
  SINCE JUL 1     15                        73    -58       34       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   53                        63    -10      105       
  SINCE JUN 1    382                       207    175      278       
  SINCE JAN 1    397                       210    187      278       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     41           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        99      1967                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        39      1987                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 18 2006........SUNRISE   638 AM MDT   SUNSET   842 PM MDT   
AUGUST 19 2006........SUNRISE   639 AM MDT   SUNSET   840 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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