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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
145 AM MDT THU OCT 12 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11 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         63    448 PM  80    1934  60      3       52       
  MINIMUM         31    703 AM  20    1990  33     -2       37       
  AVERAGE         47                        46      1       45      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.60 1959   0.03  -0.03     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.05                      0.33  -0.28     0.77    
  SINCE OCT 1      0.05                      0.33  -0.28     0.77    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.34                     11.21   1.13    12.11    
                                                                     
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       18                        19     -1       20       
  MONTH TO DATE  165                       188    -23      208       
  SINCE SEP 1    386                       464    -78      464       
  SINCE JUL 1    427                       581   -154      531       
                                                                     
 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     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.3                                         
                                                                     
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    89           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     30           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    60                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        84      1918                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        22      2002                    
                                             1986                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 12 2006.......SUNRISE   750 AM MDT   SUNSET   655 PM MDT   
OCTOBER 13 2006.......SUNRISE   751 AM MDT   SUNSET   653 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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