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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT TUE OCT 24 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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    450 PM  75    1944  53     -1       61       
  MINIMUM         25    545 AM  15    1895  29     -4       29       
  AVERAGE         39                        41     -2       45      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.40 1919   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.56                      0.59   0.97     0.79    
  SINCE OCT 1      1.56                      0.59   0.97     0.79    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.85                     11.47   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       26                        24      2       20       
  MONTH TO DATE  414                       446    -32      387       
  SINCE SEP 1    635                       722    -87      643       
  SINCE JUL 1    676                       839   -163      710       
                                                                     
 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     7   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     7   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96          1000 AM                                     
 LOWEST     50           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        74      1944                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29        14      2002                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 24 2006.......SUNRISE   807 AM MDT   SUNSET   633 PM MDT   
OCTOBER 25 2006.......SUNRISE   809 AM MDT   SUNSET   631 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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