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CDUS45 KMSO 130738
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
137 AM MDT FRI OCT 13 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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         65    426 PM  84    1918  59      6       55       
  MINIMUM         28    431 AM  22    2002  32     -4       29       
                                      1986                          
  AVERAGE         47                        46      1       42      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.36 2000   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.05                      0.36  -0.31     0.77    
  SINCE OCT 1      0.05                      0.36  -0.31     0.77    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.34                     11.24   1.10    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       23       
  MONTH TO DATE  183                       207    -24      231       
  SINCE SEP 1    404                       483    -79      487       
  SINCE JUL 1    445                       600   -155      554       
                                                                     
 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     6   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     7   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.6                                         
                                                                     
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    92           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     31           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        82      1918                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        21      1978                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 13 2006.......SUNRISE   751 AM MDT   SUNSET   653 PM MDT   
OCTOBER 14 2006.......SUNRISE   753 AM MDT   SUNSET   651 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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