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CDUS45 KMSO 050757
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
157 AM MDT THU OCT 5 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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    408 PM  85    1980  63      8       51       
  MINIMUM         43    717 AM  20    1964  34      9       37       
  AVERAGE         57                        49      8       44      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.73 1913   0.03  -0.03     0.08    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.12  -0.12     0.76    
  SINCE OCT 1      T                         0.12  -0.12     0.76    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.29                     11.00   1.29    12.10    
                                                                     
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        8                        16     -8       21       
  MONTH TO DATE   44                        63    -19       72       
  SINCE SEP 1    265                       339    -74      328       
  SINCE JUL 1    306                       456   -150      395       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1     25                        10     15        7       
  SINCE JAN 1    463                       256    207      311       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     36           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        81      1979                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        22      1969                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  5 2006.......SUNRISE   740 AM MDT   SUNSET   708 PM MDT   
OCTOBER  6 2006.......SUNRISE   742 AM MDT   SUNSET   706 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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