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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1239 AM MST SUN DEC 3 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 2 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         27    514 PM  58    1941  33     -6       32       
  MINIMUM         16    845 AM  -4    1931  19     -3       19       
  AVERAGE         22                        26     -4       26      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.46 1972   0.03  -0.03     0.05    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.06  -0.06     0.10    
  SINCE OCT 1      3.66                      1.85   1.81     3.21    
  SINCE JAN 1     15.95                     12.73   3.22    14.55    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T                                                 
  MONTH TO DATE    T                                                 
  SINCE JAN 1     17.6                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      7.3                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       43                        39      4       39       
  MONTH TO DATE   82                        78      4       87       
  SINCE DEC 1     82                        78      4       87       
  SINCE JUL 1   1852                      2093   -241     1964       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  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     9   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     63           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        60      1956                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   19       -12      1919                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER  3 2006......SUNRISE   803 AM MST   SUNSET   449 PM MST   
DECEMBER  4 2006......SUNRISE   805 AM MST   SUNSET   448 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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