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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT WED OCT 18 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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    310 PM  75    2003  57     -6       72       
  MINIMUM         33    602 AM  10    1905  31      2       47       
  AVERAGE         42                        44     -2       60      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.26 1893   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.46                      0.47  -0.01     0.79    
  SINCE OCT 1      0.46                      0.47  -0.01     0.79    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.75                     11.35   1.40    12.13    
                                                                     
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                        21      2        5       
  MONTH TO DATE  276                       309    -33      293       
  SINCE SEP 1    497                       585    -88      549       
  SINCE JUL 1    538                       702   -164      616       
                                                                     
 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    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     39           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        75      1973                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        12      1905                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 18 2006.......SUNRISE   759 AM MDT   SUNSET   644 PM MDT   
OCTOBER 19 2006.......SUNRISE   800 AM MDT   SUNSET   642 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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