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CDUS45 KMSO 010739
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1238 AM MST WED NOV 1 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31 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         32    418 PM  66    1983  48    -16       40       
  MINIMUM         10    701 AM   1    2002  28    -18       28       
  AVERAGE         21                        38    -17       34      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.42 1942   0.03  -0.03     0.32    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.60                      0.83   0.77     1.43    
  SINCE OCT 1      1.60                      0.83   0.77     1.43    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.89                     11.71   2.18    12.77    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.6                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     10.9                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.6                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       44                        27     17       31       
  MONTH TO DATE  625                       651    -26      561       
  SINCE SEP 1    846                       913    -67      817       
  SINCE JUL 1    887                      1030   -143      884       
                                                                     
 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     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    10   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     47           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        65      1953                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   28         1      2002                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER  1 2006......SUNRISE   719 AM MST   SUNSET   520 PM MST   
NOVEMBER  2 2006......SUNRISE   720 AM MST   SUNSET   519 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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