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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
222 AM MDT TUE AUG 29 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 28 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    430 PM  97    1986  79     15       93       
  MINIMUM         46    555 AM  32    1960  47     -1       47       
  AVERAGE         70                        63      7       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.69 1964   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.74                      1.04  -0.30     0.39    
  SINCE OCT 1     14.94                     12.63   2.31    11.08    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.66                      9.69   0.97     9.78    
                                                                     
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                         4     -4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   21                        50    -29       30       
  SINCE JUN 1    111                       283   -172      298       
  SINCE JUL 1     25                       105    -80       53       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                         2      3        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   87                        91     -4      130       
  SINCE JUN 1    416                       235    181      303       
  SINCE JAN 1    431                       238    193      303       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.9                                         
                                                                     
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    71           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     14           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    43                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        94      1998                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        32      1980                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 29 2006........SUNRISE   652 AM MDT   SUNSET   822 PM MDT   
AUGUST 30 2006........SUNRISE   653 AM MDT   SUNSET   820 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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