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CDUS45 KMSO 040738
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1237 AM MST MON DEC 4 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 3 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    259 PM  60    1956  32     -5       30       
  MINIMUM         12    123 AM -12    1919  19     -7       15       
  AVERAGE         20                        26     -6       23      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.36 1927   0.03  -0.03     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.09  -0.09     0.11    
  SINCE OCT 1      3.66                      1.88   1.78     3.22    
  SINCE JAN 1     15.95                     12.76   3.19    14.56    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    T                                                 
  SINCE JAN 1     17.6                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      7.3                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       45                        39      6       42       
  MONTH TO DATE  127                       117     10      129       
  SINCE DEC 1    127                       117     10      129       
  SINCE JUL 1   1897                      2132   -235     2006       
                                                                     
 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     7   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     7   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.2                                         
                                                                     
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    80           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        58      1918                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   18       -15      1972                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER  4 2006......SUNRISE   805 AM MST   SUNSET   448 PM MST   
DECEMBER  5 2006......SUNRISE   806 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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