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CDUS45 KMSO 270744
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
142 AM MDT FRI OCT 27 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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         54    440 PM  75    1922  51      3       59       
  MINIMUM         31    716 AM  13    1919  29      2       38       
  AVERAGE         43                        40      3       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.40 1984   0.03  -0.03     0.08    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.58                      0.68   0.90     0.87    
  SINCE OCT 1      1.58                      0.68   0.90     0.87    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.87                     11.56   2.31    12.21    
                                                                     
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       22                        25     -3       16       
  MONTH TO DATE  482                       520    -38      441       
  SINCE SEP 1    703                       796    -93      697       
  SINCE JUL 1    744                       913   -169      764       
                                                                     
 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 (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    69           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     36           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        73      1937                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   28        13      1919                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 27 2006.......SUNRISE   812 AM MDT   SUNSET   628 PM MDT   
OCTOBER 28 2006.......SUNRISE   813 AM MDT   SUNSET   627 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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