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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT SAT AUG 19 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 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    450 PM  99    1967  83     -1       71       
  MINIMUM         45    619 AM  39    1987  49     -4       53       
  AVERAGE         64                        66     -2       62      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.66 1926   0.04  -0.04     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.64                      0.64   0.00     0.27    
  SINCE OCT 1     14.84                     12.23   2.61    10.96    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.56                      9.29   1.27     9.66    
                                                                     
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        1                         2     -1        3       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                        20     -8       14       
  SINCE JUN 1    102                       253   -151      282       
  SINCE JUL 1     16                        75    -59       37       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   53                        66    -13      105       
  SINCE JUN 1    382                       210    172      278       
  SINCE JAN 1    397                       213    184      278       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    10   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.8                                         
                                                                     
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    86           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     18           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    52                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83       100      1961                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        36      1913                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 19 2006........SUNRISE   639 AM MDT   SUNSET   840 PM MDT   
AUGUST 20 2006........SUNRISE   640 AM MDT   SUNSET   838 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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