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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1237 AM MST THU DEC 7 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 6 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    503 PM  54    1939  32      0       19       
  MINIMUM         18    249 AM -12    1919  18      0       -7       
  AVERAGE         25                        25      0        6      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.62 1981   0.03  -0.03     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.05                      0.18  -0.13     0.16    
  SINCE OCT 1      3.70                      1.97   1.73     3.27    
  SINCE JAN 1     15.99                     12.85   3.14    14.61    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.7                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     18.5                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      8.2                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       40                        40      0       59       
  MONTH TO DATE  243                       237      6      276       
  SINCE DEC 1    243                       237      6      276       
  SINCE JUL 1   2013                      2252   -239     2153       
                                                                     
 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     6   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     6   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     0.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     78           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    87                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        47      1925                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17       -16      2005                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER  7 2006......SUNRISE   808 AM MST   SUNSET   448 PM MST   
DECEMBER  8 2006......SUNRISE   809 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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