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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT MON AUG 21 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 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         90    449 PM  99    1940  82      8       91       
  MINIMUM         46    614 AM  36    1915  49     -3       43       
  AVERAGE         68                        66      2       67      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.97 1981   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.64                      0.72  -0.08     0.27    
  SINCE OCT 1     14.84                     12.31   2.53    10.96    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.56                      9.37   1.19     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        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                        24    -12       16       
  SINCE JUN 1    102                       257   -155      284       
  SINCE JUL 1     16                        79    -63       39       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                         3      0        2       
  MONTH TO DATE   57                        72    -15      107       
  SINCE JUN 1    386                       216    170      280       
  SINCE JAN 1    401                       219    182      280       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.8                                         
                                                                     
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    71           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     11           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    41                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82       100      1969                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        37      1988                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 21 2006........SUNRISE   642 AM MDT   SUNSET   836 PM MDT   
AUGUST 22 2006........SUNRISE   643 AM MDT   SUNSET   835 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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