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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT SAT OCT 21 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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         52    202 PM  76    1921  54     -2       58       
  MINIMUM         39   1159 PM  18    1976  30      9       42       
  AVERAGE         46                        42      4       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.40          0.43 1899   0.02   0.38      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.50                      0.53   0.97     0.79    
  SINCE OCT 1      1.50                      0.53   0.97     0.79    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.79                     11.41   2.38    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       19                        23     -4       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  340                       376    -36      330       
  SINCE SEP 1    561                       652    -91      586       
  SINCE JUL 1    602                       769   -167      653       
                                                                     
 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    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        80      2003                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30        18      1984                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 21 2006.......SUNRISE   803 AM MDT   SUNSET   638 PM MDT   
OCTOBER 22 2006.......SUNRISE   804 AM MDT   SUNSET   637 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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