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CDUS45 KMSO 090749
CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1249 AM MST SAT DEC 9 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 8 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         24    217 PM  60    1938  31     -7        7       
  MINIMUM         15   1159 PM -19    1972  17     -2      -15       
  AVERAGE         20                        24     -4       -4      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.50 1901   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.05                      0.24  -0.19     0.16    
  SINCE OCT 1      3.70                      2.03   1.67     3.27    
  SINCE JAN 1     15.99                     12.91   3.08    14.61    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    1.2                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     19.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      8.7                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       45                        41      4       69       
  MONTH TO DATE  331                       319     12      417       
  SINCE DEC 1    331                       319     12      417       
  SINCE JUL 1   2101                      2334   -233     2294       
                                                                     
 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     5   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     5   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     0.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE                                       
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92          1100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     77           700 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    85                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        54      1979                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17       -22      1972                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
DECEMBER  9 2006......SUNRISE   810 AM MST   SUNSET   448 PM MST   
DECEMBER 10 2006......SUNRISE   811 AM MST   SUNSET   447 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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