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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT WED AUG 23 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22 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         94    254 PM 100    1969  82     12       89       
  MINIMUM         58    614 AM  35    1906  48     10       51       
  AVERAGE         76                        65     11       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.43 1947   0.04  -0.04     0.11    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.71                      0.80  -0.09     0.38    
  SINCE OCT 1     14.91                     12.39   2.52    11.07    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.63                      9.45   1.18     9.77    
                                                                     
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                         3     -3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                        30    -18       16       
  SINCE JUN 1    102                       263   -161      284       
  SINCE JUL 1     16                        85    -69       39       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                         3      8        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   73                        78     -5      121       
  SINCE JUN 1    402                       222    180      294       
  SINCE JAN 1    417                       225    192      294       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.9                                         
                                                                     
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    51           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     12           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    32                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81       103      1969                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        37      1992                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 23 2006........SUNRISE   644 AM MDT   SUNSET   833 PM MDT   
AUGUST 24 2006........SUNRISE   645 AM MDT   SUNSET   831 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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