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CDUS45 KMSO 090740
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT MON OCT 9 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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         51    414 PM  81    1910  61    -10       58       
  MINIMUM         32    652 AM  18    1985  33     -1       35       
  AVERAGE         42                        47     -5       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          0.96 1923   0.03  -0.01      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.05                      0.24  -0.19     0.76    
  SINCE OCT 1      0.05                      0.24  -0.19     0.76    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.34                     11.12   1.22    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       23                        18      5       18       
  MONTH TO DATE   95                       132    -37      146       
  SINCE SEP 1    316                       408    -92      402       
  SINCE JUL 1    357                       525   -168      469       
                                                                     
 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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     38           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        81      1910                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        12      1985                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  9 2006.......SUNRISE   746 AM MDT   SUNSET   700 PM MDT   
OCTOBER 10 2006.......SUNRISE   747 AM MDT   SUNSET   658 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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