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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
138 AM MDT SAT OCT 28 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27 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         62    308 PM  73    1937  51     11       50       
  MINIMUM         32   1253 AM  13    1919  28      4       40       
  AVERAGE         47                        40      7       45      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.46 1926   0.03  -0.03     0.15    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.58                      0.71   0.87     1.02    
  SINCE OCT 1      1.58                      0.71   0.87     1.02    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.87                     11.59   2.28    12.36    
                                                                     
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                        25     -7       20       
  MONTH TO DATE  500                       545    -45      461       
  SINCE SEP 1    721                       821   -100      717       
  SINCE JUL 1    762                       938   -176      784       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     25           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        75      1937                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   28         4      1971                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 28 2006.......SUNRISE   813 AM MDT   SUNSET   627 PM MDT   
OCTOBER 29 2006.......SUNRISE   714 AM MST   SUNSET   525 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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